Holiday e-tail watchers sing 'ka-ching'

Lokie · 26-December-03, 11:36 PM

If there's a spring in Santa's step this year, it's thanks to the Internet.

Even as a Commerce Department report put coal in the nation's economic stocking by showing a 3.1 percent month-over-month decrease in orders for durable goods for the month of November, two market research firms and e-tailing giant Amazon.com confirmed earlier data suggesting it was a record year for online holiday sales.

Amazon called this its busiest holiday season yet and reported selling 2.1 million items in a single day--or 24 units per second--though it declined to say which day. The company considers the holiday season the period between Nov. 1 and Dec. 25.

Full story here.

Evil3lf · 27-December-03, 12:14 AM

Damn 24 units a second thats a lot of sales.... wouldn't have been hard to DNS amazon when they are under that heavy load hope no one makes a '04 DNS shopping worm or something like this :|

26-December-03, 11:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lokie Custom What? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eau Claire,WI Posts: 6,817	Holiday e-tail watchers sing 'ka-ching' If there's a spring in Santa's step this year, it's thanks to the Internet. Even as a Commerce Department report put coal in the nation's economic stocking by showing a 3.1 percent month-over-month decrease in orders for durable goods for the month of November, two market research firms and e-tailing giant Amazon.com confirmed earlier data suggesting it was a record year for online holiday sales. Amazon called this its busiest holiday season yet and reported selling 2.1 million items in a single day--or 24 units per second--though it declined to say which day. The company considers the holiday season the period between Nov. 1 and Dec. 25. Full story here.

27-December-03, 12:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Evil3lf Lokie's Elf of Evil Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 775	Damn 24 units a second thats a lot of sales.... wouldn't have been hard to DNS amazon when they are under that heavy load hope no one makes a '04 DNS shopping worm or something like this :\| __________________ It was dark when I started drinking... I blame the sun for making it day again.

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