paul.kedrosky.com - 12/26/2008
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The folks at TechCrunch have a useful historical look at Amazon's big unit numbers this selling season. Many will rightly dismiss these, pointing out that it doesn't make Amazon equity a buy, and that's fine, but it's also beside the point. The right way to think about these figures is in ...
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 12/25/2008
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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com —
Look what Santa left under Amazon.com ’s tree
this Christmas morning: 7 Acer netbooks 7 Apple MacBooks...
4 Asus netbooks 2 Samsung netbooks 2 MSI netbooks 1 OLPC (One laptop per child) XO laptop 1 Lenova Ideapad laptop 1 ...
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Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
techcrunch.com - 12/26/2008
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techcrunch.com —
One reason Amazon has survived as an enduring
Internet brand is that during downturns it takes market...
share, and this holiday season looks like it will be no different. Amazon announced its 14th record holiday season , with 72.9 items ordered ...
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At Least Amazon Had A Good Christmas
gigaom.com - 12/26/2008
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gigaom.com —
Santa was apparently good to Amazon.com this year;
the e-tailer says its 14th holiday (shopping) season was...
its best ever, though it doesn’t offer any data to back up that cheery claim. Its biggest sellers (based on number of units ...
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For Amazon, Netbooks Are a Smash Hit [GigaOM]
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Amazon: The Scrooge of Holiday-Sales Data [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... Amazon for being tightfisted with numbers during a holiday season in need of good news. Paul Kedrosky went gloomier, suggesting Amazon could itself fall victim to weakening sales. ...
The Internet ate my business
The Open Road —
TechCrunch notes yet another record holiday season for Amazon, but it's Paul Kedrosky that discerns the significance:
The right way to think about these figures is in Schumpeterian terms: With retail sales down across the board, whose businesses are being destroyed here, and what is the future of physical ...
Is The Physical Bookstore A Thing Of The Past?
Techdirt —
It's been talked about for over a decade now, but are we finally reaching the tipping point for physical bookstores? Some are pointing out that Amazon's continued success in online sales represents an element of "creative destruction" for physical retailers, and a NY Times piece notes that ...
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Amazon Year-End Sale promises Savings up to 70% —
I4U News 12/26/2008
As reported Amazon had the best Holiday Sales ever this year. There is no stopping here for the hyper successful online retailer. Amazon runs a Year-End Sale with thousands of products up to 70% off.
I could not find a real stand out sale. There ...
Walmart After-Christmas Clearance started —
I4U News 12/26/2008
Here we go. Christmas is over and now you can get new great deals on products retailers need to get rid off now. With the economy not doing that great (Amazon still broke their sales record) the clearance sales saving should be tremendous this year. ...
Happy shopping days for Amazon in a down season —
SFGate: Technology 12/27/2008
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. called this holiday season its best ever, saying Friday that it saw a 17 percent increase in orders on its busiest day - a rare piece of good news in a season that has been far from merry for most retailers, including ...
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