Amazon, the e-commerce giant, published that over the weekend it recorded record sales during its commercial events known as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Although it did not provide sales figures Total sales (because it’s not possible to determine the ultimate impact on operations for the entire holiday season or the fourth quarter), Amazon claims its weekend sale was its most successful ever for this time of year, with customers around the world who have purchased hundreds of millions of products.
“This was an unprecedented holiday shopping weekend for Amazon. Customers have bought millions of deals and we have many more amazing deals to come,” said Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. “Thank you to our customers for choosing to shop on Amazon, and to our employees and sales partners around the world who are delivering to customers every day.”
According to the report, these are some highlights of the purchases made:
– The categories Top sellers were Home, Fashion, Toys, Beauty and Amazon Devices.
– Customers supported small businesses this holiday shopping weekend, generating over $1,11 million dollars in sales for small businesses in the US
– Top sellers were the Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, and Apple AirPods.
– Other top sellers included Hasbro Gaming Connect 4, Burt’s Bees Christmas Gifts, Champion apparel, New Balance apparel and shoes, Amazon Smart Plug, Echo Show, and Nintendo Switch.
– Customers bought millions of devices from Amazon, including Echo, Ring, Blink, Kindle and Fire TV products.
– Some of the best small business sellers included games like What Do You Meme? Family Edition, Taco vs Burrito: the strategic card game for the whole family and Kids Against Maturity: card game for children and families.
Amazon reminds that the standard return period will be temporarily extended until on 25 January 2023 for most items purchased between 11 October 2023 and 25 December 2023 in the US. This includes items shipped by the seller or fulfilled by Amazon.
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