Amazon says 2008 holiday season was 'best ever'

Amazon says 2008 holiday season was its 'best ever,' with 6.3M items ordered on peak day
SEATTLE (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Friday that the 2008 holiday season was the online retailer's "best ever," with more than 6.3 million items ordered and 5.6 million units shipped during its peak day on Dec. 15.
Amazon's upbeat take on the holiday season bucked the drumbeat of generally dismal news from retailers. Holiday sales typically account for 30 percent to 50 percent of a retailer's annual total, but rising unemployment, home foreclosures, the stock market decline and other economic worries led many shoppers to slash their shopping budgets this year.

(Comment TrendsBridge Team: Having the Fun twice. Convenient online shopping for what you want or need, and having the joy when it gets delivered. Nobody wants to go back to the Stone Age.)