News Release – Amazon Worldwide 2006 Holiday Facts
(Includes www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.ca)
Amazon.com 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 3.4 million units.
- Amazon.com shipped to over 200 countries.
- One of Amazon.com’s most remote shipments was Mission Impossible – The Complete First Season (1966) shipped to Wainwright, Alaska.
- Amazon.com shipped over 100,000 shipments to APO/FPO addresses.
Amazon.com 2006 Holiday Facts (www.amazon.com only)
- Amazon’s Free Super Saver Shipping was extended two extra days through December 17th this holiday season.
- Amazon sold enough orange flavored Airborne health supplements to supply every passenger on 192 Boeing 747s.
- Enough coffee pods were sold to make coffee for everyone in Austin, Texas.
- Amazon’s Electronics store sold its most expensive MP3 player to date in 2006, the $19,999 Trekstor i.Beat Organix Gold 1GB MP3 player.
- The last Prime order placed on December 22nd in time for Christmas delivery contained a Bogen-Manfrotto Classic Tripod (Silver) delivered to Norman, Oklahoma on December 23rd.
Amazon.com’s hot holiday sellers (Nov. 16 through Dec. 19 based on units ordered)
- In Toys, our top sellers included Radica 20 Questions, Laugh & Learn Cuddly Learning Puppy and Princess Genevieve Doll – Barbie In the 12 Dancing Princesses.
- Tops in video game hardware were the Nintendo DS Lite available in white, pink and black as well as Play Station 2 and the Xbox 360.
- Video games were a customer favorite again this year with New Super Mario Bros., Brain Age and Madden Football topping the list.
- In DVDs, top sellers included Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest (Two-Disc Collectors Edition), Cars (Widescreen Edition) and An Inconvenient Truth.
- In music, the top sellers included Awake by Josh Groban, Love by the Beatles and Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan.
- The top selling books were You: On a Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama and Living Divine Relationships by Zhi Gang Sha.
- Top sellers in Consumer Electronics include Apple iPods (various), Canon Powershot Digital Elph Cameras and Garmin GPS Systems.
- Top Software titles include World of Warcraft Expansion: Burning Crusade (not yet released), The Sims 2 Pet Expansion Pack (Windows Me, 98, XP, 2000) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 (Windows XP).
- Top sellers in the Beauty store were Bare Escentuals Get Started Kit, Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil and Philosophy Hope in a Jar Daily Moisturizer.
- In PCs, the top sellers were the Apple MacBook 13.3″ Notebook PC in white and black and the Sony VAIO 15.4″ Notebook PC.
- Headsets let the Wireless Accessories top sellers including the Logitech Mobile Express Bluetooth Headset, Plantronics Voyager 510 Bluetooth Headset and the Motorola H700 Bluetooth Headset.
- In Apparel and Accessories, popular items included Columbia Sportswear Men’s 3 in 1 Kestrel Parka, Reggie Bush Black New Orleans Saints Youth Replica Jersey and Kenneth Cole Reaction Men’s Hadley Poly Bonded Hipster Jacket.
- Top-selling shoes included the Nine West Women’s Ealene Boot, Kenneth Cole Reaction Men’s Team Circle Boot and BCBG Girls Women’s Kayo Mid Shaft Boot.
- The top-selling products in Amazon’s Automotive Parts & Accessories store include the Sylvania DOT-it Self-Adhesive LED light, LifeHammer Original Emergency Hammer (Orange) and Accutire Digital Key Chain Tire Gauge.
- The top-selling Sports & Outdoors items were the Razor A Kick Scooter, Schwinn 418 Elliptical Trainer and the Bowflex Series 7 Treadmill.
- In the Baby Store, the top-selling products were Cloud b Twilight Turtle – Constellation Night Light, Healthy Care Booster Seat and Mozart Magic Cube.
- Jewelry top sellers included 14k White Gold, Round, Diamond Stud Earrings, Platinum, Round, Diamond 4-Prong Stud Earrings and Sterling Silver Open Double Flower Pendant.
- Watches were also popular with the Bulova Women’s Diamond Bezel Chronograph Watch, Invicta Men’s Automatic Pro Diver S2 Watch and Movado Women’s Amarosa Watch topping the list.
- The top-selling Kitchen items included the Matfer Exopat Nonstick Baking/Roasting Sheet, Santa Fe Quesadilla Maker and Calphalon’s Commercial Hard-Anodized 12-in Everyday Pan.
- Top selling items in Amazon’s Grocery store were Senseo coffee pods, Numi’s Bouquet Bamboo Gift Set and Gevalia Signature Blend T-Discs.
- In Health and Personal Care, Airborne Effervescent Dietary Supplement as well as diapers from Pampers and Huggies were top sellers.
What I found interesting were the top laptops being Apple and then the Sonys. Personally I thought Sony laptops as overpriced junk, and that many buying Apple made me wonder why I didn’t get a MacBook Pro… just kidding. But seriously I was glad to see that some items were not the top sellers, and their figures show that the Playstation 2 and XBox 360 still outsold the PS3. But there was no mention of the Wii which I know was the hot item everywhere else.
I would love to see similar figures from Walmart and Target. I know this year Walmart was a huge disappointment for me and I ended up actually shopping at K-Mart (surprised the heck out of me) and Target (didn’t surprise me). And of course I did some online shopping at woot.com.
Tags: Finance, Financial, Interesting, Society, Wishlist, Woot!
