Record breaking holiday shopping weekend at Amazon

‘Black Friday and Cyber Monday continue to break records on Amazon year over year.’

Amazon is celebrating this week after enjoying a record breaking holiday shopping weekend.

Cyber Monday (November 26) was once again the single biggest shopping day in the company’s history, with more products ordered worldwide than any other day.

Amazon customers worldwide ordered more than 18 million toys and more than 13 million fashion items on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, combined.

“Black Friday and Cyber Monday continue to break records on Amazon year over year, which tells us that customers love shopping for deals to kick off the holiday shopping season,” stated Jeff Wilke, ceo worldwide consumer. “With curated gift guides, convenient shopping experiences, incredible product selection, and free shipping with no minimum purchase amount, Amazon offers customers tremendous value – sure to deliver smiles all season long.”

Bestsellers across the weekend included L.O.L. Surprise, Becoming Michelle Obama, the new Echo Dot, Fire tablets and Kindle devices.

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