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Amazon Claims 'Best Ever' Christmas (Whatever That Means)
Amazon.com said its holiday season, was the "best ever" but the retailer was silent on key details -- like sales, profits and the total number of goods sold.
Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
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 ... (more) Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
At Least Amazon Had A Good Christmas
At Least Amazon Had A Good Christmas
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 ... (more) At Least Amazon Had A Good Christmas
Amazon, By the Numbers: The Schumpeterian Version
paul.kedrosky.com — 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 ... (more) Amazon, By the Numbers: The Schumpeterian Version
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Amazon: The Scrooge of Holiday-Sales Data [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... that not only was the shopping season shorter this year by five days, but the growth rate of Amazon’s “peak day” slowed to 17 percent this year from 35 percent in 2007. Others ...

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Amazon Mobile - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com
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Daily Tidbits: Amazon posts a huge holiday seasonCNET News.com 12/26/2008
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Amazon reports record Holiday Sales with 72.9 Items ordered per secondI4U News 12/26/2008
Despite an economy in trouble and empty malls, Amazon today announced the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, December 15th, which is a record-breaking 72.9 items per second.  ...
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