Amazon announced today that this Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend was its biggest ever, with customers from around the world shopping hundreds of millions of products between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.
“This was an unprecedented holiday shopping weekend for Amazon. Customers bought millions of deals this weekend and we have many more amazing deals to come“, said Doug Herrington, CEO of WW 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.”.
- The best selling categories were Amazon Home, Fashion, Toys, Beauty, and Devices.
- Customers supported small businesses this holiday shopping weekend, generating over a billion dollars in sales to small businesses in the US
- The best selling items on Amazon they 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’s smart plug, Echo Show, and Nintendo Switch.
- Customers bought millions of devices from Amazonincluding 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 Kids and Families.