Amazon Had the Biggest Holiday Shopping Weekend Ever

Amazon announced that this Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend was its biggest ever. Customers around the world purchased hundreds of millions of products between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.

"This was a record-breaking holiday shopping weekend for Amazon. Customers shopped millions of deals this weekend and we have many more amazing deals to come,“ said Doug Herrington, CEO at WW Amazon Stores. “Thank you to our customers for choosing to shop on Amazon, and to our employees and selling partners around the world who are delivering for customers every day.“

In the US, the best-selling categories were Home, Fashion, Toys, Beauty, and Amazon Devices. Customers supported small businesses this holiday shopping weekend, generating more than $1 billion in sales for small businesses in the US. The best-selling items on Amazon were Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, and Apple AirPods.

Other top sellers included Hasbro Gaming CONNECT 4, Burt’s Bees Christmas Gifts, apparel from Champion, apparel and shoes from New Balance, the Amazon smart plug, Echo Show, and Nintendo Switch. Customers bought millions of Amazon Devices, including Echo, Ring, Blink, Kindle, and Fire TV products.