12-27-2007, 10:01 AM
Quote:-Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the 2007 holiday season finished as its best ever, with its busiest day being December 10. On that day, Amazon customers ordered more than 5.4 million items, which is 62.5 items per second...
Amazon Worldwide 2007 Holiday Facts (Includes www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.co.jp, and www.amazon.ca)
-- Amazon shipped more than 99 percent of orders in time to meet holiday deadlines worldwide.
-- On the peak day this season, Amazon's worldwide fulfillment network shipped over 3.9 million units.
-- Amazon shipped to over 200 countries.
-- One of our most remote shipments was "Full Metal Panic Fumoffu - Full Metal Pandemonium" (Vol. 1) DVD and "Full Metal Panic Fumoffu - Full Metal Fracas" (Vol. 2) DVD delivered to Barrow, Alaska.
-- Amazon shipped over 160,000 shipments to APO/FPO addresses.
Amazon.com 2007 Holiday Facts (www.amazon.com Only)
-- Amazon.com sold Nintendo Wii systems at approximately 17 per second when they were in stock.
-- Amazon.com sold enough high-def DVD players to cover seven football fields.
-- If you lined up all of the GPS units Amazon.com sold this holiday, they would make a trail from New York to Philadelphia; however, a new trail wouldn't be necessary with the use of a GPS.
-- Amazon.com sold enough auto wrenches to stretch all the way around the Daytona 500 track.
-- Amazon.com sold enough Hannah Montana wigs to outfit the entire audience at her December 20th show in Providence, RI.
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