Saturday, December 27, 2008

Amazon Claims ‘Best Ever’ Christmas (Whatever That Means) - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

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For retailers, the holiday shopping season was the worst in decades. Even so, Amazon.com said Friday that it had its “best ever” holiday.

On Amazon’s peak day, Dec. 15, customers ordered a record 6.3 million items, or almost 73 items each second, the company said. Last year, the peak day was Dec. 10, when customers ordered 5.4 million items.

Amazon Claims ‘Best Ever’ Christmas (Whatever That Means) - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

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