Amazon rounds off 2005 holiday season on a happy note
27 Dec '05
3 min read
Seattle based Amazon.com, a fortune 500 company announced that the 2005 holiday season finished as its best ever, with the company's Holiday Delight-O-Meter surpassing 108 million items ordered for the first time.
The 2005 holiday season also brought another single-day record with the Delight-O-Meter tracking more than 3.6 million items ordered, or 41 items per second, on Dec 12th.
Worldwide 2005 Holiday Facts -- 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 2.7 million units.
-- More than 600,000 gift certificates were ordered between Nov. 25th and Dec. 22nd 2005.
-- Amazon.com shipped to over 200 countries.
Amazon.com 2005 Holiday Facts (www.amazon.com only) -- If all of the tents sold in Amazon.com's Sports & Outdoors store were stacked on top of each other, they would top 30,000 feet, which is higher than Mt. Everest.
-- The most expensive item purchased in Amazon.com's Jewelry & Watches store was a $94,000 pair of diamond earrings.
-- Amazon.com sold enough running shoes to outfit nearly every participant in this year's Boston Marathon.
-- The last order placed on Dec. 22nd in time for Christmas delivery contained 14K Yellow Gold Four Prong 4mm Square Sapphire Stud Earrings. The earrings were delivered to Albany, Oregon on Dec. 23rd.
Amazon.com's hot holiday sellers (Nov. 25 through Dec. 22 based on units ordered)
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