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Amazon Says Cyber Monday Was the Biggest Shopping Day in Company History
Amazon customers ordered more than 18 million toys, 13 million fashion items on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
27 Nov 2018, 09:24 PM IST 
A monitor displays Amazon.com Inc. stock information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S. (Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon saw its biggest shopping day in history on Cyber Monday, with the most products ordered worldwide than any other day.
- On five days starting with Thanksgiving and continuing through Cyber Monday customers purchased millions more products compared to the same period last year
- Amazon customers ordered more than 18 million toys, 13 million fashion items on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined
- Company says sales by small and medium-sized businesses worldwide grew more than 20 percent year over year on Black Friday
- New Echo Dot Alexa device was the top selling product on Amazon globally, in any category, over the holiday weekend
- Whole Foods Market broke its all-time record of turkeys sold during Thanksgiving season
- NOTE: Nov. 26, Surge in Online Holiday Sales May Bring a February Hangover
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To contact the editor responsible for this story: Chakradhar Adusumilli at cadusumilli@bloomberg.net
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