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Amazon Says Holiday Season was its 'Best Ever' - But Doesn't Talk about Revenue
readwriteweb.com - 12/26/2008
Amazon Says Holiday Season was its 'Best Ever' - But Doesn't Talk about Revenue
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Just before the holidays, we reported that, based on the raw traffic to its site, Amazon looked to be well on its way to having a great Christmas season. According to a report from Amazon this morning, Amazon's 14th holiday season was indeed its 'best ever,' with 6.3 million items ordered ...
Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 12/25/2008
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

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At Least Amazon Had A Good Christmas
techcrunch.com - 12/26/2008
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

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paul.kedrosky.com - 12/26/2008
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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The Next Web:  Amazon has a Very Merry Christmas

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Amazon has a Very Merry Christmas
The Next Web — ... Amazon sold enough high-performance headphones that everyone attending the last three Super Bowls could grab a set and rock out. Amazon Grocery sold enough coffee to give each resident of the highly caffeinated city of Seattle a cup per day for two months. Amazon sold enough Spalding basketballs to fill three C-130 cargo planes. more info RWW, TC, Yahoo Finance ...

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