Amazon Sets Record Sales In Holiday Season 2013

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Amazon Sets Record Sales In Holiday Season 2013;
Here Is A Glimpse Into What Customers Bought Most
By Sreeja VN

Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) sales this holiday season set new records as the online retail giant sold hundreds of items every second during its peak shipping day of the year, and more than a million users became Amazon Prime members during the third week of December.

The company's holiday season sales in 2013 were the best ever in its history, the company said in a statement on Thursday, adding that Amazon Prime — its annual membership program that offers free and unlimited two-day shipping — witnessed record sign-ups and sales. The retailer said it was forced to limit new sign-ups for Prime membership during peak periods to ensure it could serve existing members.

On Cyber Monday, Amazon’s biggest shipping day of the year, more than 36.8 million items were ordered worldwide, leading to record-breaking sales of 426 items every second.

The company said it has sold more Kindles than ever this holiday season, and its Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HDX 7” and Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" tablets were the most popular tablets sold on the website. The company did not provide details on the exact number of sales for Kindle tablets and e-readers.

Amazon said more than half of its customers shopped using a mobile device, and shipments went out to 185 countries this year.

Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, Amazon customers ordered more than five toys a second from a mobile device, and new Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gaming consoles were sold at the rate of more than 1,000 units every minute during the peak period of their sales.

Samsung’s LED high-definition television sets topped TV sales while Samsung's Chromebook, the ASUS Transformer Book and Acer Chromebook were the best-selling laptops. Among cameras, the top sellers were the Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Canon PowerShot A2500 and Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Film Camera.

"Call of Duty: Ghosts" and "Grand Theft Auto V" for the Xbox360, and "Just Dance 2014 – Nintendo Wii" sold most among video games. In music, “Artpop” by Lady Gaga, “Wrapped in Red” by Kelly Clarkson and “The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe)” by Eminem topped Amazon's best-selling list.

Amazon Sets Record Sales In Holiday Season 2013;
Here Is A Glimpse Into What Customers Bought Most
By Sreeja VN

Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) sales this holiday season set new records as the online retail giant sold hundreds of items every second during its peak shipping day of the year, and more than a million users became Amazon Prime members during the third week of December.

The company's holiday season sales in 2013 were the best ever in its history, the company said in a statement on Thursday, adding that Amazon Prime — its annual membership program that offers free and unlimited two-day shipping — witnessed record sign-ups and sales. The retailer said it was forced to limit new sign-ups for Prime membership during peak periods to ensure it could serve existing members.

On Cyber Monday, Amazon’s biggest shipping day of the year, more than 36.8 million items were ordered worldwide, leading to record-breaking sales of 426 items every second.

The company said it has sold more Kindles than ever this holiday season, and its Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HDX 7” and Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" tablets were the most popular tablets sold on the website. The company did not provide details on the exact number of sales for Kindle tablets and e-readers.

Amazon said more than half of its customers shopped using a mobile device, and shipments went out to 185 countries this year.

Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, Amazon customers ordered more than five toys a second from a mobile device, and new Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gaming consoles were sold at the rate of more than 1,000 units every minute during the peak period of their sales.

Samsung’s LED high-definition television sets topped TV sales while Samsung's Chromebook, the ASUS Transformer Book and Acer Chromebook were the best-selling laptops. Among cameras, the top sellers were the Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Canon PowerShot A2500 and Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Film Camera.

"Call of Duty: Ghosts" and "Grand Theft Auto V" for the Xbox360, and "Just Dance 2014 – Nintendo Wii" sold most among video games. In music, “Artpop” by Lady Gaga, “Wrapped in Red” by Kelly Clarkson and “The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe)” by Eminem topped Amazon's best-selling list.

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January 2, 2014 at 12:29 PM