#bestselling Amazon Best Sellers: Best Toys & Games

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Measuring Popularity of Characters with Sales

Hey, I see you are using the review count to gauge how popular a character/dress/setting are, and that’s alright. Frozen and Disney are always on Amazon’s list of top 100 best-selling products in preschool dolls https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/toys-and-games/251914011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_toys-and-games. You’re going to get a more accurate reading of popularity by examining this list.

I noticed in some of your past posts you have mentioned Queen Anna “tracks well”. Amazon’s best sellers list says otherwise. Anna does appear at least once in the top 100, but never in her queen ensemble. Are you sure you weren’t letting your bias get in the way since your daughter likes Queen Anna?

It is interesting to note that Anna in her traveling outfit from Frozen sells more than Anna in her travelling Frozen II outfit. Somehow Kristoff sells more than most Anna dolls too (this could be because there are a lot fewer Kristoff dolls on the market than Elsa or Anna, so anybody who wants a complete set have limited options). All the Elsa dolls in the top 100 are wearing outfits from Frozen II.

Speaking of Anna’s popularity, did you know it took over a year and a half for the Limited Edition Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Anna to sell out? Typically Limited Edition Dolls sell out in hours.

P.S.: I love to read your bitching about Frozen II. Everything from the art to the designs to the animation to the art direction to the music was great, but Frozen II’s faults lie entirely in its story and directors. Chris Buck doesn’t seem to be too involved in the story either, so all blame belongs on Jennifer Lee. I can fix Frozen II in Frozen III, but we need to get Lee out of Disney.

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Hi There and thanks for your submission. This is very interesting.

First of all....let me reply to your question:

I don’t like Queen Anna. I don’t want her as Queen, I think they made a huge mistake and that she was way better as Princess. She could have been the hero with the sword, now she looks like Iduna. So no, it’s definitely not “my bias” or I would say she doesn’t sell.

I said she sells because this is what a source from Disney told us time ago. Someone who works at sales, I assume. And since they shared valid infos through the last year....I tend to believe it. :) It’s NOT my own analysis of datas. It’s an info we got from a source.

That said....I’ve checked amazon best sellers from time to time in the last months, but I assume Disney sources are focused on what’s sold on Disney shops online and around the world, and those items are NOT on amazon cause they’re Disney exclusives. With this I assume that both infos are correct: in Disney stores Queen Anna (sigh) sold quite well, nobody cared about Kristoff, and Elsa sold twice compared to Anna. And on amazon your reports are correct. Elsa sells cause she’s new and everyone wants it. Curious tho that Anna’s selling more with her F1 clothes. We have to say tho that the not-Disney version of Queen Anna (the one from Hasbro) is quite new, it wasn’t released for Christmas. Only the official Disney one was, but they only sell it in Disney stores or on disney shop online.

You’re right, I remember that the Limited Edition doll was available for many months! And guess what? Even this week the Anna Frozen 2 version from Saks was put on sales again!! It means she wasn’t sold out last Christmas. It was Anna with her beige dress. Elsa instead (with her pink dress) was sold out.

And Thanks! I think Buck had his own drama and used F2 as therapy. I’m deeply sorry for him, but his choices (engagement included) were completely wrong.

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How To Find High Demand & Profitable Products To Sell On Amazon

The key to a successful Amazon business is finding high-value products with low competition and having the right marketing strategy in place that targets key customers and maximizes conversions. 

In this article, we will give you all the information you need to find these hot products quickly and sell them to the right kind of customers who are desperate to buy your product.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank

Amazon’s bestseller rank is a number or metric associated with every product selling on Amazon. The best seller rank directly identifies the ranking based on the number of sales the product has on Amazon.

The rank is calculated and updated on Amazon every hour based on sales calculation. The product with rank #1 means it has received the highest number of sales in the last hour than any other product in a similar category.

The Amazon bestseller rank does not take into consideration the customer’s feedback or reviews or the number of reviews that are positive. It is completely based on product sales and it varies depending on different marketplaces.

How can you use Amazon Best Sellers Rank?

When you are searching to find one profitable product, you can use Amazon Best Sellers Rank. It will give you products that are high in demand and can be profitable when you select them as your products.

Your selected product should have a sales rank lower than 2000 but strictly should not be more than 5000. Products with rank more than 5000 have very low demand and even if you sell a product on Amazon with higher rank, there is a probability that it won’t sell more as there are not enough demands.

A product with BSR between 8000-10000, sells 4-6 sales each day, and products having BSR between 5,000 and 8,000 have 6-10 sales per day. Products having BSR between 2000-5000 have 10-20 sales each day and products with the best sellers rank less than 2000 have a lot more sales per day.

Steps to finding profitable Amazon products

Whether you are a new seller on amazon or need another profitable product, here you will find products that will provide great profit figures to your business.

But, first, we will check the characteristics of the ideal products to sell on Amazon FBA to create a profitable business. Here is the checklist of ideal products: 

Products that have high demand

Products with less competition

A product having a strong profit margin

Products that have low seasonality or can be sold all over the year.

Products that are simple to manufacture

Products with small in size and lightweight

Product with prices range between $18 and $50

Products that have BSR less than 5000 or at least sell 10 items per day.

Products that are quick and easy to source.

The product should not have any brand name or trademark associated with it.

Products that have good multiple manufacturers, do not depend on only one supplier.

Check for products that do not have any legal issues.

Avoid fragile products.

Finding products with high demand

The first step is to start listing products that have high demand. How to identify products that have high demand? You can make use of Google, Amazon, or software. Here is the list of product categories with levels of demand.

Product categories with high demand

Books

Baby Products

Jewelry

Gym and Sportswear

Kitchen products

Health and personal care

Beauty

Electronics

Product categories with medium demand

Home Improvement products

Pet supplies

Toys and Games

Office products

Product categories with low demand

Automotive

Arts and crafts

Industrial and scientific

Musical Instruments

Amazon never discloses sales estimates for any products selling on its marketplace. But, we can find products with high demand through the best selling section of Amazon, searching on Google, and using software to give accurate results.

Research best sellers list on Amazon (Manual Method) Amazon marketplace provides the best seller or top-selling products on its platform for every product category. You need to research and study the products to find those which have high demand but have not yet been discovered by many Amazon sellers.

To find the bestseller list from Amazon:

Navigate to a product category such as Jewelry, kitchen products.

Click Bestsellers from the horizontal menu. You will get a list of 100 products that are top-selling on Amazon.

As Amazon’s best sellers rank gets updated every hour, similarly, the top-selling products on Amazon also get updated every hour. You will get the BSR for each product at the bottom of the product information.

A third-party seller on Amazon will use the information from Amazon’s best sellers list who wants to take their Amazon business to the next level and increase profitability.

Researching on Amazon to find products is a manual method. Here you can manually check what top sellers are doing for making their products profitable.

If you compare top-selling products on amazon to other products of the same category you will find the difference in the product optimization, keywords they use, and how they use, feedback, and reviews.

Check the comparison and note the important findings. Note what added feature or benefit the product is providing that is making it more profitable compared to others.

Use software to get accurate data (Automatic Method)

This process is the quickest way to get amazon product research results with the help of accurate data.

Going through each bestseller list from Amazon, then checking for the ideal product checklist, product listing, images, reviews, competition, and much more manually will take a great amount of time as well as effort.

Here, you will find software that has all the needed tools for Amazon FBA business in just one platform. Using an All-in-one software platform brings multiple benefits such as cost benefits, advanced tools, and many more.

Here, we are talking about ZonBase.

How to get started with ZonBase:

Go to the ZonBase website and register.

Check all the plans available and select a plan best suits your needs.

With this software, you can learn to manage and run Amazon FBA stores for someone else and make money.

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Now, we will talk about how to use ZonBase to find the right product for selling at Amazon FBA.

There are two tools that you can use: ZonResearch and ZonBase Chrome Extension.

ZonResearch is a tool used for product research. The tool digs deep into Amazon’s database to take data of more than 20 million products. Discover your winning product category within seconds using this tool.

ZonBase Chrome Extension is used as a chrome extension to speed up the product research process using Amazon.

Other tools of ZonBase that can be a great benefit for Amazon third-party sellers are Sales estimator, ZonTracker, Keywords, Reverse ASIN, Listing Optimization, PageOne, PPC AutoPilot, Product Validator, and Photo Enhancer.

How to make your high demand products profitable

Having a product that has high demand and also meets all the criteria for an ideal product will alone not make your business profitable. 

There are other efforts needed which will make your product and the Amazon business profitable. Here are the after steps of the amazon product research process.

Beat the competition

The success mantra for any business is to beat the competition. To bring in sales continuously you have to take care of multiple things. The product pricing, features, benefits, product listing optimization are some ways to outrank the competition. 

There can be 100, 1000, 10,000, or many more other products selling on Amazon for your product category. But, that does not mean it is impossible to rank your product higher than them.

Here are some tips to help you beat the competition in Amazon:

Offer good quality products to your customers. Customers love getting products that provide value for their money.

Product pricing can make or break the success of the Amazon FBA business. With the right pricing strategy, you can improve the performance and outrank the competition.

Always track product listing, introduce keywords, and optimize the listing for Amazon SEO.

Make use of Amazon PPC to rank your product high on Amazon search results.

Optimize for Amazon SEO

Amazon uses the A9 algorithm to rank products according to a customer’s search query. Amazon takes various factors like product sales, listing optimization, keywords used, reviews, image quality, etc.

Follow product listing optimization to improve your product ranking. It is an ongoing process and the listing should be improved regularly. 

Always have a look for what keywords top sellers are using and through which their products are ranking. You can use software like ZonBase to find keywords. The software has tools that will also help to enhance product images and help in product listing optimization for Amazon SEO.

Do product marketing right

There are some marketing strategies that you have to adapt in order to outrank the competition. Here are some:

Amazon sponsored products: Amazon provides PPC marketing for products, where you can rank for keywords and whenever anyone clicks the sponsored product link, you will get paid.

Social Media Marketing: Create social media accounts for your product or business. Social media presence builds your brand’s authority and trust among customers.

Facebook Advertising: Facebook has stored a lot of data about users which you can use to target your customer and market your product.

Google Ads: Use Google Ads to create sponsored PPC advertisements for Google search results that will have a link to Amazon product listing.

Spend time on knowing customers feedback and improving according to it

Customer reviews should never be ignored. Always have a look at negative reviews and find out what the problem is. Negative reviews not only affect sales but also the product’s ranking and performance on search results. Spend productive time on reviewing those feedbacks and trying to improve them for your customers.

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Amazon Best Seller Badge - Everything you Need To Know

It feels fantastic to use superlatives. Whatever it is that you are "best at," whether it is the bestselling item, the most well-liked product, or the newest model, find pride in the fact that you have reached the top. The orange ribbon-like icon in the top left of a product's image known as the Amazon Best Seller Badge not only makes you feel good, but it also improves sales. Customers adore it, and when you have it, Amazon will reward you with higher ranks. Amazon prioritizes its customers and won't recommend goods that they could find disappointing. Some products have the potential to reach their maximum sales potential and fast become bestsellers if listed properly. What elements influence your likelihood of getting the Amazon bestseller badge? How do you obtain it? To get all of your questions answered, continue reading. The Amazon bestseller badge: what is it? The #1 bestseller badge was established by Amazon a few years ago. It is represented by the orange ribbon emblem in the upper-left corner of a product page and is given to top sellers. Customers may make an informed purchase choice by knowing which products have a higher product rating in terms of sales thanks to this emblem. At first, Amazon displayed the emblem for just one seller each category. There are currently 100 bestsellers in each category. You might not be able to see every bestseller in some subcategories because there may not be much competition in that area. Amazon displays your items at the top of the list of results for consumer searches if you have the bestseller badge. They might occasionally appear even if a customer searches for something unrelated in your category. Which metrics need to be improved in order to earn the best seller badge? A product's search ranking is determined by Amazon's A10 algorithm. The item with the most sales in a certain category receives the #1 Amazon best seller designation. Additionally, the best selling rank (BSR) is updated hourly by Amazon's A9 algorithm. Even while Amazon did not identify the precise parameters affecting the bestseller rank, it is obvious that sales velocity and sales history have an impact on a product's BSR. Therefore, when rating products within a category or subcategory, the whole history of sales is taken into account. Highly competitive categories include "Clothing," "Electronics," and "toys and games." An Analysis of the Amazon Best Sellers Badge The best seller badge appears to be quite straightforward according to Amazon's description. The explanation of Amazon Best Sellers is straightforward, in contrast to most Amazon explanations. Even the most straightforward explanation, like most things on Amazon, can have a number of ramifications. Our most popular products based on sales. Updated hourly. Remember that bestsellers are updated hourly (there may be a one or two hour delay occasionally), thus the badge is available 24 hours a day. Furthermore, it indicates that if you own the badge for one hour, you may lose it the following hour. The Amazon Best Seller emblem is removed when a product loses its best-seller ranking, whether it happens immediately or after a month. A product that is ranked #1 in a marketplace signifies that it recently outsold all other products in that category (or subcategory). In other words, a book that is ranked #1 on Amazon.co.uk but #139 on Amazon.com won't display the emblem on the American market.The badge is not always visible in all categories. There won't be a badge displayed in that category for that hour if there are not enough sales or data regarding sales. Best Sellers on Amazon have evolved into a separate category with significant positioning on the top navigation. This increases the value of joining the top seller club. Instead than searching for specific products, shoppers who browse can discover gift ideas, view bestsellers, and purchase items they otherwise would not have known about. Obtaining the bestsellers badge in these categories is exceedingly difficult for merchants. Checking Competition You are well-positioned to compete if your numbers (prices, account health, shipment speed, ratings, etc.) are strong and your Amazon listings are optimized. Lower prices, "Sold by Amazon" or "Fulfilled by Amazon," and other pro-buying signals all raise your chances of landing in the Buy Box and rising in search result rankings. But keep in mind that there is one vendor with whom you simply cannot compete and prevail: Amazon. If Amazon offers a private label product, it will obviously be listed as "Amazon's Choice" in the relevant category. Additionally, it will probably be inexpensive, and Amazon will undoubtedly handle the fulfillment. Low pricing plus FBA and Amazon's Choice equal the Amazon Best Seller badge. If Amazon doesn't control the category (unlike many other categories), fierce competition can result in high rankings and, (shock!) the best selling badge. If you are the badge winner, kudos to you! The best-sellers are updated every hour, so pay attention (and maybe grab a screenshot). The emblem is removed when another product in the same category outsells yours in terms of sales. In other words, yes, it is possible to possess a top seller badge for an hour before losing it, all without being aware of it. Once the badge is lost, it is lost forever. Unless another product takes over the spot entirely. Sadly, "Once was a Best Seller" does not have a badge. As with the getting and keeping of the Buy Box, there are two distinct options: getting it and keeping it. Calculation The best seller criteria on Amazon are based on sales, but what does that actually mean? Amazon is quite adept at forecasting, and it keeps improving. In addition to historical sales data (the length of which is not stated), predictive factors are used when determining a top seller. Amazon is very skilled at assessing the lengths of the sales periods. Neither are they entirely historical (covering all sales since the beginning) nor are they so brief as to be based on the hour. There would be irrational surges in product launches if the item is new and affordable if they were just dependent on sales in that hour. Only sales count for the awarding of the Amazon Best Seller label. The products that sell the most in a category on Amazon are the best sellers in that category. Product reviews and seller comments, however, won't help you move up the rankings. Of course, there is an indirect relationship between product reviews and sales; if you have poor product ratings, your sales will suffer. Amazon is in this. You can take steps as a seller to boost volume and speed up velocity (by holding a sizable discount or promotion, aggressively promoting on Amazon, etc.), but you can't fool Amazon's algorithm. Stop calculating numbers because it is unethical, unsustainable, and has consequences. Play the game like Amazon intends and keep your cool. a few strategies for ensuring steady sales and earning the bestsellers badge. Create a product listing that is optimized. You must carry out keyword research in order to create an optimized product listing. This aids in your comprehension of your shopper's behavior. How do I research keywords? The easiest method is to visit Amazon.com and enter the first few phrases associated with your purchase. Amazon will make a few choices, and you may choose the ones that apply to your listing from the list. In addition, there are free keyword tools available, such as Google Keyword Planner. However, the outcomes wouldn't be exclusive to Amazon. Select the search terms that receive a lot of traffic and include them in the product's title, description, and bullet points. Always keep in mind that finding highly relevant keywords with solid search volume is the main objective. The optimization of your backend keywords is the second step. This area receives all the keywords of average significance, misspellings, and brand-related terms. There is no need to repeat the keywords or separate them with commas or spaces. I'd like to point out that you should employ keywords in the order of their relevance and search volume in this context. This facilitates keyword coverage and improves the readability for a human audience. Target the appropriate category. As I previously stated, not all Amazon categories are the same. Some markets are more fiercely competitive than others. In a tiny niche or subcategory, it is simpler to earn the bestselling badge. For instance, it may be simpler to become a bestseller in the "Floating shelves" area than in the "Home decor" category if you are selling a hanging wooden shelf. Don't place your products in a category that is not relevant. You could be tempted to place your products in categories with little competition and that are only loosely related to your product in order to rank as a bestseller. Few seasonal products, regardless of the category they fall under (such face masks, holiday gift items, or school supplies), see higher sales. In these situations, the seller could achieve the bestsellers label not by selling to consumers who are seeking in a relevant category, but rather by selling their goods in an irrelevant category where the aggregate demand may be quite low. It's likely that placing a product in the incorrect category will have an impact on its ranking and conversion rates. Customers could have a tendency to abandon the product listing page more quickly without buying anything. This eventually has an impact on your conversion rate and lowers your Amazon search ranks. Therefore, consider whether manipulating the categories to earn the bestseller badge for an hour is worthwhile. Keep prices competitive You might be aware that pricing that is competitive generates more sales. Additionally, this improves product ranking. You don't have to offer your goods at the lowest possible price, but you should do it in a range that is reasonable for customers. So keep an eye on your rivals and develop a pricing plan that is aggressive. Your likelihood of earning the Amazon bestseller label will ultimately increase. In order to maintain profitability while lowering your prices, be important to monitor your profit margins. This means that even after you pay for the item's price, shipping costs, Amazon fees, etc., you should still turn a profit. Additionally, keep in mind that Amazon's A10 algorithm is influenced by a variety of criteria, including many others. Lowering product pricing may help you increase sales and, in turn, your search ranks. Solid advertising plans Your sales and organic ranking can both be increased by using Amazon pay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns. Running PPC advertising would be quite beneficial if you sell in highly competitive areas and crowded categories. Have you ever seen well-known brands using PPC ads to maintain their positions and rankings within their industry? Even though you have respectable sales and excellent product rankings, a rival executing PPC advertising can easily outrank you. As a result, you should include PPC advertising in your strategy if increasing sales and dominating your niche are your objectives. Additional Amazon badges to be aware of Amazon created a few badges to enhance the purchasing experience for customers. Having a badge gives you an advantage in the market given the variety of goods available on Amazon. Some of them are as follows: Amazon’s choice badge Around 2015, Amazon also introduced the Amazon's choice badge in addition to the bestsellers badge. The major goal was to make Alexa's purchasing experience simpler. Alexa voice searches only yield up specific product results, unlike browser searches. Customers' prior orders are accessed through this linguistic assistance, which also makes product recommendations. If the customer's orders are unavailable, results are suggested based on Amazon's selections within a certain category. The Amazon's choice badge is now visible on the mobile app's and web browser's search results page. Amazon's selection acts as a direct recommendation to buy a product, just like the bestsellers do. As a result, it boosts sales by gaining the trust and attention of customers. The achievement of this badge is so valuable for vendors as well. New Release badge For new sellers on Amazon, we have the "New Release" badge. The basic goal of this is to get potential customers' attention. Despite the fact that Amazon did not specify any requirements for receiving the #1 New release badge, we have noticed some commonalities: - For your main keyword, you should be on page 1. Your item needs to be distinct from the competition. - Your product listing needs to be effectively optimized, particularly the title and description. Don't be hesitant to experiment. - You must outsell the category's top seller in terms of unit sales. Conclusion It is very difficult to reign in and win the unicorn they call the #1 Best Seller badge, but once accomplished, it is immensely satisfying. You can use any of the aforementioned tactics to improve your chances of earning the badge and the top ranking. Don't give up if you use these tactics yet are still unsuccessful in earning the Best Seller badge. You must put aside the bright object—in this case, the emblem that resembles an orange ribbon—and continue to put a lot of effort into improving your listings and the explore nodes. You will obtain what actually matters, which are higher sales, brand awareness, and product rank, if these techniques are continually updated. Read the full article

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Sales Systems Articles.

Ecommerce or electronic commerce is the process of performing organisation tasks like acquiring and marketing via various digital systems like the web or other computer networks. Don't offer products that do not sell. I don't assume I truly have to make a case for the impressive reputation of this business or their products. These need to consist of those items in the inventory that are subject to spoiling, are seasonal, sell less through each quarter, have actually been changed with a more recent variation or design or that haven't sold online in a month or more. You could sell all sorts of various other products on Amazon today - consisting of electronic devices and also photographic tools, music, DVD's, video clips, computer, video clip and also software application games, house and yard products and toys as well as video games. Marketing items online brings extra customers with greater profit margin, far better customer assistance and took care of procedure. The markets will pay you occasionally for the sales you have actually made. Marketplace: Industry offers you an opportunity to offer publications on the precise same web page on Amazon.com's site where Amazon.com offer guide themselves. Yet numerous professionals say consumers who buy Amazon's tablet at some point proceed to the iPad as well as other fuller-featured items. The computation is based on Amazon sales; updated each hour to show current as well as historical sales of every thing sold (consisting of Industry). An amazing place to locate a book in the general public domain name regarding dogs, or certainly any kind of subject you want would certainly be or where you can do a search under the classification of "Books Comic Books and also Magazines-Antiquarian & Collectable" plus "detailed" if you like. Being an engineer, I needed to accumulate and abuse the data to see if there was any type of connection between the sales ranking and the moment it takes to market a book. It goes without stating that your firm is your priority in this instance; but without completely satisfied customers, there won't be a successful business - which implies that everything works together. The 'offering a little' option isn't truly for usage with Gratification by Amazon. Partnering with Amazon.com would speed up the careful approach that Brazil's significant cosmetics firms have taken until now with shopping, as they aim to safeguard earnings margins and longstanding partnerships in traditional sales channels. Returning to the basics of marketing i. e. focusing on the 4Ps of advertising and marketing - Item, Rate, Location and Promotion could offer you a starting indicate develop a technique that leads you to long term ecommerce success. Recognizing just how you ought to sell products in the retail setting indicates recognizing exactly what clients seek when they get them. So create it carefully; way too many items, deals, bestselling products in a haphazard way can perplex the site visitor and also will certainly lead to high bounce rate. Amazon.com figures out which seller to attribute based on an exclusive algorithm which evaluates the seller's cost, the satisfaction options offered, as well as the seller ranking. Amazon.com will certainly be able to coordinate dramatically even more of its satisfaction procedures, as it'll have control of shipments from the time they leave vendors' storehouses to the minute they reach customers' front doors. First, you could keep your business in-house as well as send items yourself. This service was verifying to be much more enjoyable, a lot more straightforward and much less time extensive compared to Amazon.com FBA. There are a range of various other things you could do in order to help activate the internal sales system at Amazon. Often it is better to take a loss than suggest with a client when you know you are best to prevent poor comments - as bad feedback could be the kiss of fatality in the general long term sales picture. Some business discredit the term "pyramiding," as well as prefer to call themselves "multi-level marketing companies" or "direct-selling business." While MLM and straight marketing are completely legal, they often sell items at a jacked-up rate and are near impossible to market (like perfumes, soaps, shoes, and various other things you can purchase a chain store). However, inspect the existing market price of the item before clicking on the buy online button. Among the easiest products, which you could produce making money online, are E-books. Shopify also allows us to produce fast and easy website landing pages which could straight attract the clients in the direction of our company.

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How To Get The Amazon #1 Best Seller Badge

If you're an Amazon seller, then you know that getting the #1 bestseller badge is a huge accomplishment. It means that your product is one of the best-selling products on Amazon.com, and it's a coveted distinction that can help boost your sales. Wondering how to get the Amazon best seller badge? Here are some tips to help you out!

#WhatsTheBigDeal

Getting the Amazon #1 best seller badge is a huge deal for several reasons. To begin with, it validates your product as being one of the top products in its category on Amazon. While this isn't necessarily tied to sales (you could be an awesome marketer and get the #1 spot even if you don't have many sales), it does give you credibility right off the bat by showing folks that your product is popular.

It shows shoppers that they're not wasting their time checking out your product since other customers seem to really like it! Best of all, having the best-selling status gives you access to some additional tools which can help boost your sales further.

For example, you can run promotions that are exclusive for #1 best-selling products on Amazon.com, and your product also gets a highlighted spot in the "Customers who bought this item also bought" section which can help you to cross-sell other products. Sounds pretty good, right?

#BestSellerBadge Requirements

Before you can get the Amazon #1 best-selling badge for your product, there are a few requirements that need to be met. First and foremost, you must meet certain eligibility requirements which vary by category.

For example, in order to sell electronics on Amazon.com you need to provide six months of data (product names cannot contain brand names or trademarks). In Toys & Games, you'll need at least 12 months of data (and no trademarked products) while in Home Improvement & Patio Furniture the requirement goes way up to 24+ months of data with no trademarked items allowed whatsoever!

If your product is children's clothing , well then the bar gets even higher since you'll need 36+ months of data and no trademarked products. Also, you must pay close attention to storage fees: if your product doesn't meet the requirements for a specific category then it will be automatically removed from that category so there's no point in setting up a listing for it!

#GettingTheBadge

So now that we've gone over the eligibility requirements, how do you actually get the Amazon #1 best-selling badge? The process varies depending on whether or not you sell using Fulfillment by Merchant (FBM) or with Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA).

For those who utilize FBM, getting the badge is fairly easy: simply go into your inventory and select "bestseller ranking" to show the current ranking of your product. Next, select "bestseller logo" and upload your artwork (just make sure not to violate any copyrights!).

Now you'll need to do this for every variation of your product that you're selling, which can be a real hassle! What about those who utilize FBA? Unfortunately, getting the best-selling badge for this method is much harder because Amazon doesn't provide access to their sales rank numbers. Therefore it's nearly impossible to find out exactly where you rank compared to other products in your listing category because all you get are vague "top 100" rankings instead (not very helpful).

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How can you Scrape Amazon Best Seller Listings?

Introduction

Amazon is the biggest retailer online company in the world. Amazon sells different products online like electronics, video games, software, apparel, food, furniture, toys, jewelry, and more.

Amazon is the leading E-commerce Website in the USA with the net sales of close to $280.5 billion in 2019. Research shows that an average shopper spends $1500 on Amazon Prime and Amazon Expenditure. There are 150 Million people who have a membership of Amazon Prime worldwide and US customers had 65% share in the Amazon Prime membership in 2019.

Amazon provides Fast & Free Shipping and that’s the reason why Amazon is the best Ecommerce Website shoppers trust. The net income of Amazon 2019 stands to 11.59 billion dollars.

List of Data Fields

At RetailGators, we extract data fields for Amazon Seller’s Rankings Data. Data Fields are given below: -

Merchants Name

Seller Address

Phone

Email

#Products

Reviews

Star Ratings

Rank

Price

Image

Sales Rank

Total FBA Seller

The Lowest FBA Price

UPC Code

URL On Amazon

Description

Product Specification

Product Model

Category

Sponsored Products

Seller Name

Scrape Seller Ranking Product Data from Amazon

Amazon Best Seller Ranking shows how good a product is selling compared to different products of a similar category. Overall, the sales volume has to do something more for the product ranking. With a universal product description, our Amazon Data Extractor can recognize the behavior as well as can decide the selling price, marketing, and marketing statements, etc.

Amazon is one of the leading online shopping platforms and has achieved all the success, and we can say that Amazon is the King of E-commerce domains. These are how Amazon has become the most powerful website for all the products.

Why Hire a Web Data Scraping Services Provider Company for Amazon Sellers Ranking?

A eCommerce Data Scraping Services helps you to provide the best Amazon sellers Ranking services to extract information from Amazon having good rewards, which can take time whereas generating data as well as we provide data in CSV format.

With day to day updates, an expert Amazon’s bestsellers ranking Services Company provides the best Amazon sellers ranking data scraping services that helps you in keeping updated with the newest trends that will assist you in generating revenue.

Conclusion

Amazon Bestseller Ranking specifies how well the product is selling or relating other products which have similar categories. If the overall sales volume has not much to do with the product ranking. The algorithm affects the unique sales number within the required time. It requires to sell additional units than other same categories in the given time with a better position.

Source:- https://www.retailgators.com/how-can-you-scrape-amazon-best-seller-listings.php

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I saw an article about how Build-A-Bear's F2 merch had a really cold receptance in comparison to F1. Might be that F2 is not that profitable in terms of toys. Maybe regular F2 dolls and toys are selling fine, but only because the movie is still fresh in memory. But I checked on Amazon bestselling toys top100 list, and there is no Frozen toys, only one "necklace activity" set.

Ok let’s see….

1) I’m not sure if this can be applied to all the merch but those bears with hair are damn scary! lol ;)

2) I’ve seen a link to a East amazon days ago and in the first 20 toys there were 6 different Elsa’s and 1 Anna.

Does it mean Frozen is bigger in those countries? Maybe….

3) I’ve checked now the best sellers in my country (Italy) and the ELSA doll is at #14, then there’s the castle at #31. Before the Elsa doll there are only game boards of many kinds and 1 “LOL doll”. No Anna or other characters.

4) But you are right…..there are no Frozen toys in the amazon.com bestsellers list. Only that activity set. Mmmm….That’s weird. Frozen is bigger in China than in USA?

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Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick are again Prime Day’s best selling devices (so far!)

Amazon Prime members again snapped up loss leaders like the Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Remote on the first day of Amazon Prime Day 2019, which has now been stretched out to a 48-hour sale. This is the third year in a row that the entry-level Alexa smart speaker, the Echo Dot, has been a Prime Day bestseller. The Fire TV Stick was a top seller last year, too, and sold well in years past — including in 2016, when it emerged at the overall best-selling device globally on Prime Day.

Amazon never provides hard numbers on Prime Day sales, but claims “millions” of these devices — the Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick combined — were sold on Monday to customers worldwide during the first day of Prime Day 2019.

Last year, Amazon claimed customers bought “millions” of Fire TV Stick devices alone, for comparison’s sake.

The retailer also said this morning that U.S. shoppers saved “millions” on Prime Day sales on Monday. This includes other bestsellers like the Instant Pot DUO Plus 60 6 Qt, LifeStraw Personal Water Filter, and Crest 3D White Professional Effects Whitening Strips. The Instant Pot and LifeStraw filter were also two of the non-Amazon top sellers last Prime Day, which says something about the consistency of this sales event as it enters its fifth year.

Though Amazon didn’t officially list the Echo Dot in its round-up of July 15 Prime Day sales, the smart speaker had already been discounted to its then lowest price ever of $24.99 (half off list) before Prime Day even started. As the event kicked off, it dropped again to $22.

Today, Amazon is keeping the Echo Dot at $22 but is sold out of Charcoal, leaving only the lighter sandstone color available for purchase.

Other notable Day 2 Prime Day deals include:

A $49.99 Echo Show 5 (the smaller, more compact revamp of the Alexa speaker with a screen); savings of up to $140 on Fire TV Edition smart TVs; the $14.99 Fire TV Stick with Alexa Remote; a $59.99 Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet (or 2 for $99.98); and the $139 Ring Video Doorbell 2.

A list of the announced Prime Day, day 2 deals are below:

Amazon Devices:

$27.99 off Echo Dot, $22

$40 off the all-new Echo Show 5, $49.99

$25 off Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, $14.99

Save up to $140 on Fire TV Edition Smart TVs

$20 off the all-new Fire 7 tablet, just $29.99, or get two for $49.98—a $50 savings

$40 off all-new Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet, just $59.99, or get two for $99.98—a $100 savings

$60 off Ring Video Doorbell 2, $139

Save up to $200 on eero WiFi systems

Save up to $50 on Kindle Paperwhite, plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited

Amazon Brands and Exclusives:

Save up to 50% on kids and baby styles from Simple Joys by Carter’s, LOOK by crewcuts, Spotted Zebra, and Amazon Essentials

Save up to 30% on furniture and décor from Rivet, Stone & Beam, and Ravenna Home

Electronics:

Save up to 25% on select Canon Mirrorless and DSLR cameras

Save up to 30% of select Sony and Samsung TVs

Apparel:

Save up to 40% off Ray-Ban sunglasses

Up to 50% off Dockers clothing and more

Deep discounts on Champion hoodies and Herschel Little America backpacks

Smart Home:

Save up to 50% off select Sony LED Smart TVs

Save up to 30% on Tile

Save up to 30% on iRobot Robotic Vacuums

Home, Kitchen & Furniture:

Save up to 30% on Blue Pure Air Purifier

Save on select Winix Air Purifiers

Save on Hoover ONEPWR vacuums

Save on Philips XXL Air Fryer

Save 30% on Keurig K-Café Single-Serve Coffee Maker

Save 30% on Crock Pot 6qt Slow Cooker

Save up to 30% on Brother Sewing Machines

Save on Philips Smoke-less Indoor BBQ Grill

Save up to 35% on Dash Egg Cookers

Toys & Games:

Save 30% on games from What Do You Meme?

Save up to 40% on select toys and games including favorites from LEGO and Melissa & Doug

Video Games:

Save up to 50% on Astro A40 TR headset

Tools & Home Improvement:

Save up to 30% on CRAFTSMAN power tools

Lawn & Garden:

Save up to 35% on Greenworks yard equipment

Sports & Outdoors:

Save up to 20% on Skywalker 15’ Jump and Dunk trampolines

Save 20% on Bushnell Trophy trail camera

Save 20% on Marvel Spiderman kids bikes

Automotive:

Save up to 30% on Pennzoil Motor Oil

Save up to 30% on NOCO Jump Starters and Battery Chargers

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U.S. year-end holiday retail sales rose 4.9% compared to the same period last year—the fastest pace of growth since 2011, and a welcome gift to U.S. retailers amid new signs of consumer confidence.

Online shopping also saw large gains of 18.1% compared to 2016, boosted by a late season rally. Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report details holiday shopping trends from November 1 through December 24 and covers retail sales across all payment types, including cash and check.

Key findings of the Mastercard SpendingPulse report include:

• This was a winning holiday season for retail overall, though the story was different category by category. • For many shoppers, there was no place like home this holiday season. Electronics and appliances increased 7.5 percent, the strongest growth of the last 10 years. The home furniture and furnishings category grew 5.1%, as did home improvement. • Specialty apparel and department stores, which both traditionally see the bulk of sales happen in-store, saw moderate gains. This is particularly impressive given recent store closings. • Retailers’ heavy early-season promotions paid off, with the first three weeks of November seeing significant jumps. • In addition, shoppers were still spending late into the season, with December 23rd next to Black Friday in terms of single-day spending. This was a boon to certain categories, including jewelry. Jewelry grew 5.9%, largely driven by last-minute sales.

“Evolving consumer preferences continue to play out in the aisles and online sites of retailers across the U.S.,” said Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of Market Insights, Mastercard. “Overall, this year was a big win for retail. The strong U.S. economy was a contributing factor, but we also have to recognize that retailers who tried new strategies to engage holiday shoppers were the beneficiaries of this sales increase.”

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E-commerce is a big contributor to those results, and a big part of the online holiday increase is due specifically to Amazon, which is hailing this holiday season as its biggest ever, with more than four million new customers trialing Amazon Prime in a single week.

Helping boost Amazon sales this season: a massive tie-in with (RED), pop-up stores in New York and London and focused marketing around its voice-activated smart home devices.

Third-party sellers, small businesses and entrepreneurs had a record-breaking season with more than one billion items ordered worldwide—including nearly 140 million over just five days, from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. More details from its press releases:

Amazon Devices also had its best holiday yet, with tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices sold worldwide. Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote were not only the top-selling Amazon devices this holiday season, but they were also the best-selling products from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon.

“Since Day One we have obsessed over what we believe our customers care about—incredible deals and low prices, fast and free shipping, and a wide selection of top products—and we continue to provide all three, all the time. We’re excited that people continued to join Prime this holiday, to take advantage of more fast and free shipping options plus new convenient delivery like Amazon Key, as well as early access to Lightning Deals and unlimited streaming of TV shows and movies, including Prime Originals and more,” stated Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer.

Amazon’s Holiday Best Sellers in the U.S., UK and Canada provide a snapshot of which popular brands and categories fueled its biggest season ever this year:

Holiday Bestsellers — Global

• The best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling beauty item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling health and personal care item worldwide was the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit.

Holiday Best Sellers — U.S.

• Prime members shopped more than 100,000 Lightning Deals on Amazon.com with Prime Early Access. Customers shopped hundreds of Deals of the Day on Amazon.com throughout the holiday season. Millions of customers in the U.S. watched deals with Watch a Deal. • Whole Foods Market sold over 500,000 pounds of sweet treats at the cookie bars featured in stores across the U.S. – that’s enough to feed Santa more than 6 million cookies throughout his trip around the world on Christmas Eve. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, the top-selling nonfiction book was Obama: An Intimate Portrait by former White House photographer Pete Souza; the top-selling fiction book was Origin by Dan Brown; the top-selling kids book was Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12, The Getaway by Jeff Kinney; and, the top selling poetry book was the sun and her flowers by Rumi Kaur. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, one out of seven customers who purchased a book also donated a children’s book to local charities supporting children in need. The top-selling book given to local charities was the classic, Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman; it was also the top-selling book across all 13 stores. • The Echo Dot was the top-selling device across Amazon Books’ 13 stores; the Kindle Paperwhite was the best-selling Kindle; the TP-Link Smart Plug was the best-selling accessory; and WowWee Fingerlings were the top selling toy. • The best-selling kitchen item in the U.S. and worldwide was the Instant Pot DUO80. • The best-selling toy and game item in the U.S. was the Nerf N-Strike Elite Strongarm Blaster, while the best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling smart home product in the U.S. and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • The best-selling beauty and grooming items in the U.S. included the Finishing Touch Flawless Women’s Painless Hair Remover, the Philips Norelco Multigroom All-In-One Series 3000 and the Oral-B Black Pro 1000 Power Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush, while the best-selling item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling home, health and personal care products in the U.S. this holiday season include Fitbit Charge 2, the 23andMe DNA Test, the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit and Radha Beauty Aromatherapy Top 8 Essential Oils. • Robot vacuums were among the best-selling home items on Amazon.com over the holiday season. • The best-selling products from Amazon Launchpad businesses included WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey, Exploding Kittens Card Game, and Watch Ya Mouth Throwdown Edition Card Game. • The best-selling sports items in the U.S. this season included Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls, Wilson NFL MVP Junior Football and Spalding NBA Street Basketball. • The best-selling fashion items in the U.S. this holiday season include ASICS Men’s GEL Venture 5 Running Shoe, Alex and Ani Initial Expandable Wire Bangle Bracelet, 2.5″, Levi’s Men’s 505 Regular Fit Jean, UGG Women’s Classic Short II Boot. • The best-selling products from AmazonFresh in the U.S. this holiday season, were organic bananas, limes, cucumbers, navel oranges, yellow onions. • The best-selling furniture products in the U.S. included the Zinus Memory Foam 12 Inch Green Tea Mattress, the LinenSpa 8″ Memory Foam and Innerspring Hybrid Mattress and the LINENSPA 6 Inch Innerspring Mattress. • The best-selling automotive products in the U.S. included the Dark Seasonal Snow & Ice Car Scraper, the NOCO Genius Boost Plus GB40 1000 Amp 12V UltraSafe Lithium Jump Starter and the STANLEY J5C09 Jump Starter. • The best-selling pet products in the U.S. included the PEDIGREE DENTASTIX Holiday Treats for Dogs, the KONG Wild Knots Bears Durable Dog Toys and the Taste of the Wild, Canine Formula. • The best-selling baby products in the U.S. include the Nuby Ice Gel Teether Keys, Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy and the Nuby Bundle of 3 Toys, which was also the best-selling baby product worldwide. • The best-selling luxury beauty item in the U.S. was the Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe Herbs and Rosewater, stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner and Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water, Cleansing and Make-Up Removing Solution. • The best-selling grocery item in the U.S. was Green Mountain Coffee Keurig Coffee Lover’s Variety Pack Single-Serve K-Cup Sampler, 40 Count, the Glaceau Smartwater Vapor Distilled Water, and Viva Naturals Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. • The best-selling tools include the Black + Decker LDX 120C 20-Volt MAX Lithium-Ion Cordless Drill/Driver and the MagnoGrip 311-090 Magnetic Wristband. • The best-selling wireless products in the U.S. include Tile Mate – Key Finder. Phone Finder, PopSockets: Expanding Stand and Grip for Smartphones and Tablets and Wemo Mini Smart Plug. • The best-selling major appliances in the U.S. include Samsung MS11K3000AS 1.1 cu. ft. Countertop Microwave Oven, the Danby 120 Can Beverage Center and the NewAir AB-1200 126-Can Beverage Cooler. • The best-selling musical instruments on Amazon.com were the Snark SN5X Clip-On Tuner for Guitar, Singing Machine SML385BTW Top Loading CDG Karaoke System with Bluetooth, Sound and Disco Light Show, and the Singing Machine SMM-205 Unidirectional Dynamic Microphone. • The best-selling outdoor items in the U.S. were Intex Comfort Plush Elevated Dura-Beam Airbed with Built-in Electric Pump, the Stanley Classic Vacuum Bottle and the BV Bicycle Light Set Super Bright 5 LED Headlight. • The best-selling home improvement products on Amazon.com were the Philips Hue White A19 Single LED Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa), Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance 3rd Generation A19 10W Equivalent Dimmable LED Smart Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa) and Himalayan Glow Pink Salt Lamp. • The best-selling lawn and garden products in the U.S. this holiday season included the Weber 6492 Original Instant-Read Thermometer, Snow Joe SJBLZD Telescoping Snow Broom with Ice Scraper and Bounty Hunter TK4 Tracker IV Metal Detector. • The best-selling office products in the U.S. were Elmer’s Liquid School Glue (1 Gallon) – Great For Making Slime, Georgia-Pacific Spectrum Standard 92 Multipurpose Paper (8.5 x 11 Inches) and Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens (Assorted Colors, 12-Count). • The best-selling business, industrial and scientific supplies in the U.S. included the First Aid Only All-Purpose First Aid Essentials Kit, Rubbermaid Commercial Stainless Steel Oven Monitoring Thermometer and TOPGREENER TU2154A High Speed USB Charger Outlet. • The best-selling TVs in the U.S. this holiday season were the TCL 32-Inch 720p Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model), Samsung Electronics 40-Inch 1080p Smart LED TV (2017 Model), TCL 49-Inch 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model) and Samsung Electronics 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2017 Model).

Holiday Best Sellers — Canada

• The best-selling smart home product in Canada and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • Instant Pot pressure cookers and accessories were among the best-selling kitchen products on Amazon.ca. • The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals was the best-selling physical book on Amazon.ca. • Sony MDRZX110 On-Ear Headphones were among the best-selling electronics products on Amazon.ca. • TubShroom, The Revolutionary Tub Drain Protector Hair Catcher/Strainer/Snare was among the best-selling home products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling toys on Amazon.ca were Fingerlings – Interactive Baby Monkey – Sophie (White with Pink Hair) By WowWee, Cards Against Humanity: Canadian Edition and What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • Tile Mate – Key Finder was among the top selling wireless electronics products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling DVDs on Amazon.ca were Game of Thrones Season 7, The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Tenth Season, The Crown – Season 1, Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection and American Horror Story: Roanoke.

Digital Entertainment

• This year, 4x more music from Amazon Music was streamed over Alexa compared to last holiday season. • Amazon Music listeners loved using the lyrics feature to ask for songs on Alexa over the holidays, requesting Jingle Bells more than any other festive track just by saying a few words from the song. • Listeners wanted to slow down and unwind this season, asking Alexa to play “relaxing” music more than any other mood through Amazon Music. • Listeners in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Houston and San Diego streamed more holiday songs on Amazon Music via Alexa, than any other cities in the U.S. • Christmas by Michael Bublé was once again the most played album on Amazon Music during the holiday season. • All I want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey held the top spot for the most streamed holiday song on Amazon Music for the second year in a row. • The most-watched season over the holidays was the Golden Globe-nominated Prime Original The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. • The most-watched series this holiday was The Grand Tour. • The most-watched Amazon Original movie this holiday season was The Big Sick. • The most-watched Kids Prime Original over the holidays was If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. • The most-purchased movie over the holidays was Elf. • The most-purchased series over the holidays was The Walking Dead. • The most-watched Amazon Channel subscriptions this holiday season were HBO, Showtime and STARZ, and the current seasons of Game of Thrones, Shameless and Power, were the top watched shows on each channel, respectively. • The top match-up of Prime Video’s 10-game Thursday Night Football schedule this season was on Dec. 7, when two million worldwide viewers watched the Atlanta Falcons beat the New Orleans Saints 20-17 • The most-read Kindle book in Amazon First Reads in 2017 was Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. • The best-selling and most-listened-to audiobook of 2017 was The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson, narrated by Roger Wayne. • The most-listened-to fiction audiobook of 2017 was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale. • The most-commented-on audiobook of 2017 was Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, narrated by the author. • According to Amazon Charts, the most read and most gifted Kindle book in the U.S. this holiday season was Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown. • According to Amazon Charts, the top book Kindle readers in the U.S. found Unputdownable this holiday season was Year One: Chronicles of the One, Book 1 by Nora Roberts, reading it cover-to-cover faster than other books. • According to Amazon Charts, the Most Wished For books of 2017 in the U.S. were The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. • Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was the most borrowed book from Prime Reading, worldwide, in 2017. • Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Laurel Randolph, independently published through Kindle Direct Publishing, has been topping Amazon Charts throughout the holiday season – reaching #1 on the most sold non-fiction list the week of Cyber Monday.

Holiday Trivia

• This holiday season was better than ever for the family of Echo products. The Echo Dot was the #1 selling Amazon Device this holiday season, and the best-selling product from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon, with millions sold. • Customers purchased more than twice as many Amazon Fire TV Sticks compared to last year’s holiday season. Fire TV continues to be the #1 streaming media player family in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan, across all retailers. • It was the best holiday season ever for Fire Kids Edition Tablets with 2.4x as many devices purchased from Amazon.com compared to the same time period last year. • Echo devices have been an extremely popular gift this year, with Echo Spot, Echo Dot and Echo Buttons selling out this holiday season; customers can still pre-order to reserve their place in line and orders will be filled on a first come, first served basis. • This year, Kindle celebrated its 10th holiday season. • This season, Amazon customers purchased enough WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey toys on Amazon.com to hang end-to-end down the Empire State Building more than 100 times. • Amazon.com customers purchased enough TVs to create nearly 2,500 towers the size of the Space Needle. • Amazon customers purchased enough littlebits Star Wars Droid Inventor Kits on Amazon.com to man an Imperial-II class Star Destroyer. • Amazon customers purchased enough Calvin Klein products on Amazon.com during the holiday to give five items to every attendee at Coachella 2017. • Amazon customers purchased enough shoes on Amazon.com during the holiday season were lined up end-to-end, they would stretch from Alaska to Miami. • This holiday season, Amazon.com customers purchased eno

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Holiday 2017: Amazon Shoppers Spur Record Year-End Sales

U.S. year-end holiday retail sales rose 4.9% compared to the same period last year—the fastest pace of growth since 2011, and a welcome gift to U.S. retailers amid new signs of consumer confidence.

Online shopping also saw large gains of 18.1% compared to 2016, boosted by a late season rally. Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report details holiday shopping trends from November 1 through December 24 and covers retail sales across all payment types, including cash and check.

Key findings of the Mastercard SpendingPulse report include:

• This was a winning holiday season for retail overall, though the story was different category by category. • For many shoppers, there was no place like home this holiday season. Electronics and appliances increased 7.5 percent, the strongest growth of the last 10 years. The home furniture and furnishings category grew 5.1%, as did home improvement. • Specialty apparel and department stores, which both traditionally see the bulk of sales happen in-store, saw moderate gains. This is particularly impressive given recent store closings. • Retailers’ heavy early-season promotions paid off, with the first three weeks of November seeing significant jumps. • In addition, shoppers were still spending late into the season, with December 23rd next to Black Friday in terms of single-day spending. This was a boon to certain categories, including jewelry. Jewelry grew 5.9%, largely driven by last-minute sales.

“Evolving consumer preferences continue to play out in the aisles and online sites of retailers across the U.S.,” said Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of Market Insights, Mastercard. “Overall, this year was a big win for retail. The strong U.S. economy was a contributing factor, but we also have to recognize that retailers who tried new strategies to engage holiday shoppers were the beneficiaries of this sales increase.”

The Amazon Factor

E-commerce is a big contributor to those results, and a big part of the online holiday increase is due specifically to Amazon, which is hailing this holiday season as its biggest ever, with more than four million new customers trialing Amazon Prime in a single week.

Helping boost Amazon sales this season: a massive tie-in with (RED), pop-up stores in New York and London and focused marketing around its voice-activated smart home devices.

Third-party sellers, small businesses and entrepreneurs had a record-breaking season with more than one billion items ordered worldwide—including nearly 140 million over just five days, from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. More details from its press releases:

Amazon Devices also had its best holiday yet, with tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices sold worldwide. Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote were not only the top-selling Amazon devices this holiday season, but they were also the best-selling products from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon.

“Since Day One we have obsessed over what we believe our customers care about—incredible deals and low prices, fast and free shipping, and a wide selection of top products—and we continue to provide all three, all the time. We’re excited that people continued to join Prime this holiday, to take advantage of more fast and free shipping options plus new convenient delivery like Amazon Key, as well as early access to Lightning Deals and unlimited streaming of TV shows and movies, including Prime Originals and more,” stated Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer.

Amazon’s Holiday Best Sellers in the U.S., UK and Canada provide a snapshot of which popular brands and categories fueled its biggest season ever this year:

Holiday Bestsellers — Global

• The best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling beauty item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling health and personal care item worldwide was the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit.

Holiday Best Sellers — U.S.

• Prime members shopped more than 100,000 Lightning Deals on Amazon.com with Prime Early Access. Customers shopped hundreds of Deals of the Day on Amazon.com throughout the holiday season. Millions of customers in the U.S. watched deals with Watch a Deal. • Whole Foods Market sold over 500,000 pounds of sweet treats at the cookie bars featured in stores across the U.S. – that’s enough to feed Santa more than 6 million cookies throughout his trip around the world on Christmas Eve. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, the top-selling nonfiction book was Obama: An Intimate Portrait by former White House photographer Pete Souza; the top-selling fiction book was Origin by Dan Brown; the top-selling kids book was Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12, The Getaway by Jeff Kinney; and, the top selling poetry book was the sun and her flowers by Rumi Kaur. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, one out of seven customers who purchased a book also donated a children’s book to local charities supporting children in need. The top-selling book given to local charities was the classic, Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman; it was also the top-selling book across all 13 stores. • The Echo Dot was the top-selling device across Amazon Books’ 13 stores; the Kindle Paperwhite was the best-selling Kindle; the TP-Link Smart Plug was the best-selling accessory; and WowWee Fingerlings were the top selling toy. • The best-selling kitchen item in the U.S. and worldwide was the Instant Pot DUO80. • The best-selling toy and game item in the U.S. was the Nerf N-Strike Elite Strongarm Blaster, while the best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling smart home product in the U.S. and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • The best-selling beauty and grooming items in the U.S. included the Finishing Touch Flawless Women’s Painless Hair Remover, the Philips Norelco Multigroom All-In-One Series 3000 and the Oral-B Black Pro 1000 Power Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush, while the best-selling item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling home, health and personal care products in the U.S. this holiday season include Fitbit Charge 2, the 23andMe DNA Test, the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit and Radha Beauty Aromatherapy Top 8 Essential Oils. • Robot vacuums were among the best-selling home items on Amazon.com over the holiday season. • The best-selling products from Amazon Launchpad businesses included WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey, Exploding Kittens Card Game, and Watch Ya Mouth Throwdown Edition Card Game. • The best-selling sports items in the U.S. this season included Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls, Wilson NFL MVP Junior Football and Spalding NBA Street Basketball. • The best-selling fashion items in the U.S. this holiday season include ASICS Men’s GEL Venture 5 Running Shoe, Alex and Ani Initial Expandable Wire Bangle Bracelet, 2.5″, Levi’s Men’s 505 Regular Fit Jean, UGG Women’s Classic Short II Boot. • The best-selling products from AmazonFresh in the U.S. this holiday season, were organic bananas, limes, cucumbers, navel oranges, yellow onions. • The best-selling furniture products in the U.S. included the Zinus Memory Foam 12 Inch Green Tea Mattress, the LinenSpa 8″ Memory Foam and Innerspring Hybrid Mattress and the LINENSPA 6 Inch Innerspring Mattress. • The best-selling automotive products in the U.S. included the Dark Seasonal Snow & Ice Car Scraper, the NOCO Genius Boost Plus GB40 1000 Amp 12V UltraSafe Lithium Jump Starter and the STANLEY J5C09 Jump Starter. • The best-selling pet products in the U.S. included the PEDIGREE DENTASTIX Holiday Treats for Dogs, the KONG Wild Knots Bears Durable Dog Toys and the Taste of the Wild, Canine Formula. • The best-selling baby products in the U.S. include the Nuby Ice Gel Teether Keys, Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy and the Nuby Bundle of 3 Toys, which was also the best-selling baby product worldwide. • The best-selling luxury beauty item in the U.S. was the Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe Herbs and Rosewater, stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner and Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water, Cleansing and Make-Up Removing Solution. • The best-selling grocery item in the U.S. was Green Mountain Coffee Keurig Coffee Lover’s Variety Pack Single-Serve K-Cup Sampler, 40 Count, the Glaceau Smartwater Vapor Distilled Water, and Viva Naturals Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. • The best-selling tools include the Black + Decker LDX 120C 20-Volt MAX Lithium-Ion Cordless Drill/Driver and the MagnoGrip 311-090 Magnetic Wristband. • The best-selling wireless products in the U.S. include Tile Mate – Key Finder. Phone Finder, PopSockets: Expanding Stand and Grip for Smartphones and Tablets and Wemo Mini Smart Plug. • The best-selling major appliances in the U.S. include Samsung MS11K3000AS 1.1 cu. ft. Countertop Microwave Oven, the Danby 120 Can Beverage Center and the NewAir AB-1200 126-Can Beverage Cooler. • The best-selling musical instruments on Amazon.com were the Snark SN5X Clip-On Tuner for Guitar, Singing Machine SML385BTW Top Loading CDG Karaoke System with Bluetooth, Sound and Disco Light Show, and the Singing Machine SMM-205 Unidirectional Dynamic Microphone. • The best-selling outdoor items in the U.S. were Intex Comfort Plush Elevated Dura-Beam Airbed with Built-in Electric Pump, the Stanley Classic Vacuum Bottle and the BV Bicycle Light Set Super Bright 5 LED Headlight. • The best-selling home improvement products on Amazon.com were the Philips Hue White A19 Single LED Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa), Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance 3rd Generation A19 10W Equivalent Dimmable LED Smart Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa) and Himalayan Glow Pink Salt Lamp. • The best-selling lawn and garden products in the U.S. this holiday season included the Weber 6492 Original Instant-Read Thermometer, Snow Joe SJBLZD Telescoping Snow Broom with Ice Scraper and Bounty Hunter TK4 Tracker IV Metal Detector. • The best-selling office products in the U.S. were Elmer’s Liquid School Glue (1 Gallon) – Great For Making Slime, Georgia-Pacific Spectrum Standard 92 Multipurpose Paper (8.5 x 11 Inches) and Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens (Assorted Colors, 12-Count). • The best-selling business, industrial and scientific supplies in the U.S. included the First Aid Only All-Purpose First Aid Essentials Kit, Rubbermaid Commercial Stainless Steel Oven Monitoring Thermometer and TOPGREENER TU2154A High Speed USB Charger Outlet. • The best-selling TVs in the U.S. this holiday season were the TCL 32-Inch 720p Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model), Samsung Electronics 40-Inch 1080p Smart LED TV (2017 Model), TCL 49-Inch 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model) and Samsung Electronics 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2017 Model).

Holiday Best Sellers — Canada

• The best-selling smart home product in Canada and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • Instant Pot pressure cookers and accessories were among the best-selling kitchen products on Amazon.ca. • The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals was the best-selling physical book on Amazon.ca. • Sony MDRZX110 On-Ear Headphones were among the best-selling electronics products on Amazon.ca. • TubShroom, The Revolutionary Tub Drain Protector Hair Catcher/Strainer/Snare was among the best-selling home products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling toys on Amazon.ca were Fingerlings – Interactive Baby Monkey – Sophie (White with Pink Hair) By WowWee, Cards Against Humanity: Canadian Edition and What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • Tile Mate – Key Finder was among the top selling wireless electronics products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling DVDs on Amazon.ca were Game of Thrones Season 7, The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Tenth Season, The Crown – Season 1, Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection and American Horror Story: Roanoke.

Digital Entertainment

• This year, 4x more music from Amazon Music was streamed over Alexa compared to last holiday season. • Amazon Music listeners loved using the lyrics feature to ask for songs on Alexa over the holidays, requesting Jingle Bells more than any other festive track just by saying a few words from the song. • Listeners wanted to slow down and unwind this season, asking Alexa to play “relaxing” music more than any other mood through Amazon Music. • Listeners in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Houston and San Diego streamed more holiday songs on Amazon Music via Alexa, than any other cities in the U.S. • Christmas by Michael Bublé was once again the most played album on Amazon Music during the holiday season. • All I want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey held the top spot for the most streamed holiday song on Amazon Music for the second year in a row. • The most-watched season over the holidays was the Golden Globe-nominated Prime Original The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. • The most-watched series this holiday was The Grand Tour. • The most-watched Amazon Original movie this holiday season was The Big Sick. • The most-watched Kids Prime Original over the holidays was If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. • The most-purchased movie over the holidays was Elf. • The most-purchased series over the holidays was The Walking Dead. • The most-watched Amazon Channel subscriptions this holiday season were HBO, Showtime and STARZ, and the current seasons of Game of Thrones, Shameless and Power, were the top watched shows on each channel, respectively. • The top match-up of Prime Video’s 10-game Thursday Night Football schedule this season was on Dec. 7, when two million worldwide viewers watched the Atlanta Falcons beat the New Orleans Saints 20-17 • The most-read Kindle book in Amazon First Reads in 2017 was Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. • The best-selling and most-listened-to audiobook of 2017 was The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson, narrated by Roger Wayne. • The most-listened-to fiction audiobook of 2017 was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale. • The most-commented-on audiobook of 2017 was Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, narrated by the author. • According to Amazon Charts, the most read and most gifted Kindle book in the U.S. this holiday season was Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown. • According to Amazon Charts, the top book Kindle readers in the U.S. found Unputdownable this holiday season was Year One: Chronicles of the One, Book 1 by Nora Roberts, reading it cover-to-cover faster than other books. • According to Amazon Charts, the Most Wished For books of 2017 in the U.S. were The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. • Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was the most borrowed book from Prime Reading, worldwide, in 2017. • Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Laurel Randolph, independently published through Kindle Direct Publishing, has been topping Amazon Charts throughout the holiday season – reaching #1 on the most sold non-fiction list the week of Cyber Monday.

Holiday Trivia

• This holiday season was better than ever for the family of Echo products. The Echo Dot was the #1 selling Amazon Device this holiday season, and the best-selling product from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon, with millions sold. • Customers purchased more than twice as many Amazon Fire TV Sticks compared to last year’s holiday season. Fire TV continues to be the #1 streaming media player family in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan, across all retailers. • It was the best holiday season ever for Fire Kids Edition Tablets with 2.4x as many devices purchased from Amazon.com compared to the same time period last year. • Echo devices have been an extremely popular gift this year, with Echo Spot, Echo Dot and Echo Buttons selling out this holiday season; customers can still pre-order to reserve their place in line and orders will be filled on a first come, first served basis. • This year, Kindle celebrated its 10th holiday season. • This season, Amazon customers purchased enough WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey toys on Amazon.com to hang end-to-end down the Empire State Building more than 100 times. • Amazon.com customers purchased enough TVs to create nearly 2,500 towers the size of the Space Needle. • Amazon customers purchased enough littlebits Star Wars Droid Inventor Kits on Amazon.com to man an Imperial-II class Star Destroyer. • Amazon customers purchased enough Calvin Klein products on Amazon.com during the holiday to give five items to every attendee at Coachella 2017. • Amazon customers purchased enough shoes on Amazon.com during the holiday season were lined up end-to-end, they would stretch from Alaska to Miami. • This holiday season, Amazon.com customers purchased eno

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Holiday 2017: Amazon Shoppers Spur Record Year-End Sales

U.S. year-end holiday retail sales rose 4.9% compared to the same period last year—the fastest pace of growth since 2011, and a welcome gift to U.S. retailers amid new signs of consumer confidence.

Online shopping also saw large gains of 18.1% compared to 2016, boosted by a late season rally. Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report details holiday shopping trends from November 1 through December 24 and covers retail sales across all payment types, including cash and check.

Key findings of the Mastercard SpendingPulse report include:

• This was a winning holiday season for retail overall, though the story was different category by category. • For many shoppers, there was no place like home this holiday season. Electronics and appliances increased 7.5 percent, the strongest growth of the last 10 years. The home furniture and furnishings category grew 5.1%, as did home improvement. • Specialty apparel and department stores, which both traditionally see the bulk of sales happen in-store, saw moderate gains. This is particularly impressive given recent store closings. • Retailers’ heavy early-season promotions paid off, with the first three weeks of November seeing significant jumps. • In addition, shoppers were still spending late into the season, with December 23rd next to Black Friday in terms of single-day spending. This was a boon to certain categories, including jewelry. Jewelry grew 5.9%, largely driven by last-minute sales.

“Evolving consumer preferences continue to play out in the aisles and online sites of retailers across the U.S.,” said Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of Market Insights, Mastercard. “Overall, this year was a big win for retail. The strong U.S. economy was a contributing factor, but we also have to recognize that retailers who tried new strategies to engage holiday shoppers were the beneficiaries of this sales increase.”

The Amazon Factor

E-commerce is a big contributor to those results, and a big part of the online holiday increase is due specifically to Amazon, which is hailing this holiday season as its biggest ever, with more than four million new customers trialing Amazon Prime in a single week.

Helping boost Amazon sales this season: a massive tie-in with (RED), pop-up stores in New York and London and focused marketing around its voice-activated smart home devices.

Third-party sellers, small businesses and entrepreneurs had a record-breaking season with more than one billion items ordered worldwide—including nearly 140 million over just five days, from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. More details from its press releases:

Amazon Devices also had its best holiday yet, with tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices sold worldwide. Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote were not only the top-selling Amazon devices this holiday season, but they were also the best-selling products from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon.

“Since Day One we have obsessed over what we believe our customers care about—incredible deals and low prices, fast and free shipping, and a wide selection of top products—and we continue to provide all three, all the time. We’re excited that people continued to join Prime this holiday, to take advantage of more fast and free shipping options plus new convenient delivery like Amazon Key, as well as early access to Lightning Deals and unlimited streaming of TV shows and movies, including Prime Originals and more,” stated Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer.

Amazon’s Holiday Best Sellers in the U.S., UK and Canada provide a snapshot of which popular brands and categories fueled its biggest season ever this year:

Holiday Bestsellers — Global

• The best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling beauty item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling health and personal care item worldwide was the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit.

Holiday Best Sellers — U.S.

• Prime members shopped more than 100,000 Lightning Deals on Amazon.com with Prime Early Access. Customers shopped hundreds of Deals of the Day on Amazon.com throughout the holiday season. Millions of customers in the U.S. watched deals with Watch a Deal. • Whole Foods Market sold over 500,000 pounds of sweet treats at the cookie bars featured in stores across the U.S. – that’s enough to feed Santa more than 6 million cookies throughout his trip around the world on Christmas Eve. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, the top-selling nonfiction book was Obama: An Intimate Portrait by former White House photographer Pete Souza; the top-selling fiction book was Origin by Dan Brown; the top-selling kids book was Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12, The Getaway by Jeff Kinney; and, the top selling poetry book was the sun and her flowers by Rumi Kaur. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, one out of seven customers who purchased a book also donated a children’s book to local charities supporting children in need. The top-selling book given to local charities was the classic, Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman; it was also the top-selling book across all 13 stores. • The Echo Dot was the top-selling device across Amazon Books’ 13 stores; the Kindle Paperwhite was the best-selling Kindle; the TP-Link Smart Plug was the best-selling accessory; and WowWee Fingerlings were the top selling toy. • The best-selling kitchen item in the U.S. and worldwide was the Instant Pot DUO80. • The best-selling toy and game item in the U.S. was the Nerf N-Strike Elite Strongarm Blaster, while the best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling smart home product in the U.S. and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • The best-selling beauty and grooming items in the U.S. included the Finishing Touch Flawless Women’s Painless Hair Remover, the Philips Norelco Multigroom All-In-One Series 3000 and the Oral-B Black Pro 1000 Power Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush, while the best-selling item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling home, health and personal care products in the U.S. this holiday season include Fitbit Charge 2, the 23andMe DNA Test, the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit and Radha Beauty Aromatherapy Top 8 Essential Oils. • Robot vacuums were among the best-selling home items on Amazon.com over the holiday season. • The best-selling products from Amazon Launchpad businesses included WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey, Exploding Kittens Card Game, and Watch Ya Mouth Throwdown Edition Card Game. • The best-selling sports items in the U.S. this season included Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls, Wilson NFL MVP Junior Football and Spalding NBA Street Basketball. • The best-selling fashion items in the U.S. this holiday season include ASICS Men’s GEL Venture 5 Running Shoe, Alex and Ani Initial Expandable Wire Bangle Bracelet, 2.5″, Levi’s Men’s 505 Regular Fit Jean, UGG Women’s Classic Short II Boot. • The best-selling products from AmazonFresh in the U.S. this holiday season, were organic bananas, limes, cucumbers, navel oranges, yellow onions. • The best-selling furniture products in the U.S. included the Zinus Memory Foam 12 Inch Green Tea Mattress, the LinenSpa 8″ Memory Foam and Innerspring Hybrid Mattress and the LINENSPA 6 Inch Innerspring Mattress. • The best-selling automotive products in the U.S. included the Dark Seasonal Snow & Ice Car Scraper, the NOCO Genius Boost Plus GB40 1000 Amp 12V UltraSafe Lithium Jump Starter and the STANLEY J5C09 Jump Starter. • The best-selling pet products in the U.S. included the PEDIGREE DENTASTIX Holiday Treats for Dogs, the KONG Wild Knots Bears Durable Dog Toys and the Taste of the Wild, Canine Formula. • The best-selling baby products in the U.S. include the Nuby Ice Gel Teether Keys, Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy and the Nuby Bundle of 3 Toys, which was also the best-selling baby product worldwide. • The best-selling luxury beauty item in the U.S. was the Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe Herbs and Rosewater, stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner and Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water, Cleansing and Make-Up Removing Solution. • The best-selling grocery item in the U.S. was Green Mountain Coffee Keurig Coffee Lover’s Variety Pack Single-Serve K-Cup Sampler, 40 Count, the Glaceau Smartwater Vapor Distilled Water, and Viva Naturals Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. • The best-selling tools include the Black + Decker LDX 120C 20-Volt MAX Lithium-Ion Cordless Drill/Driver and the MagnoGrip 311-090 Magnetic Wristband. • The best-selling wireless products in the U.S. include Tile Mate – Key Finder. Phone Finder, PopSockets: Expanding Stand and Grip for Smartphones and Tablets and Wemo Mini Smart Plug. • The best-selling major appliances in the U.S. include Samsung MS11K3000AS 1.1 cu. ft. Countertop Microwave Oven, the Danby 120 Can Beverage Center and the NewAir AB-1200 126-Can Beverage Cooler. • The best-selling musical instruments on Amazon.com were the Snark SN5X Clip-On Tuner for Guitar, Singing Machine SML385BTW Top Loading CDG Karaoke System with Bluetooth, Sound and Disco Light Show, and the Singing Machine SMM-205 Unidirectional Dynamic Microphone. • The best-selling outdoor items in the U.S. were Intex Comfort Plush Elevated Dura-Beam Airbed with Built-in Electric Pump, the Stanley Classic Vacuum Bottle and the BV Bicycle Light Set Super Bright 5 LED Headlight. • The best-selling home improvement products on Amazon.com were the Philips Hue White A19 Single LED Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa), Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance 3rd Generation A19 10W Equivalent Dimmable LED Smart Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa) and Himalayan Glow Pink Salt Lamp. • The best-selling lawn and garden products in the U.S. this holiday season included the Weber 6492 Original Instant-Read Thermometer, Snow Joe SJBLZD Telescoping Snow Broom with Ice Scraper and Bounty Hunter TK4 Tracker IV Metal Detector. • The best-selling office products in the U.S. were Elmer’s Liquid School Glue (1 Gallon) – Great For Making Slime, Georgia-Pacific Spectrum Standard 92 Multipurpose Paper (8.5 x 11 Inches) and Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens (Assorted Colors, 12-Count). • The best-selling business, industrial and scientific supplies in the U.S. included the First Aid Only All-Purpose First Aid Essentials Kit, Rubbermaid Commercial Stainless Steel Oven Monitoring Thermometer and TOPGREENER TU2154A High Speed USB Charger Outlet. • The best-selling TVs in the U.S. this holiday season were the TCL 32-Inch 720p Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model), Samsung Electronics 40-Inch 1080p Smart LED TV (2017 Model), TCL 49-Inch 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model) and Samsung Electronics 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2017 Model).

Holiday Best Sellers — Canada

• The best-selling smart home product in Canada and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • Instant Pot pressure cookers and accessories were among the best-selling kitchen products on Amazon.ca. • The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals was the best-selling physical book on Amazon.ca. • Sony MDRZX110 On-Ear Headphones were among the best-selling electronics products on Amazon.ca. • TubShroom, The Revolutionary Tub Drain Protector Hair Catcher/Strainer/Snare was among the best-selling home products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling toys on Amazon.ca were Fingerlings – Interactive Baby Monkey – Sophie (White with Pink Hair) By WowWee, Cards Against Humanity: Canadian Edition and What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • Tile Mate – Key Finder was among the top selling wireless electronics products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling DVDs on Amazon.ca were Game of Thrones Season 7, The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Tenth Season, The Crown – Season 1, Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection and American Horror Story: Roanoke.

Digital Entertainment

• This year, 4x more music from Amazon Music was streamed over Alexa compared to last holiday season. • Amazon Music listeners loved using the lyrics feature to ask for songs on Alexa over the holidays, requesting Jingle Bells more than any other festive track just by saying a few words from the song. • Listeners wanted to slow down and unwind this season, asking Alexa to play “relaxing” music more than any other mood through Amazon Music. • Listeners in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Houston and San Diego streamed more holiday songs on Amazon Music via Alexa, than any other cities in the U.S. • Christmas by Michael Bublé was once again the most played album on Amazon Music during the holiday season. • All I want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey held the top spot for the most streamed holiday song on Amazon Music for the second year in a row. • The most-watched season over the holidays was the Golden Globe-nominated Prime Original The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. • The most-watched series this holiday was The Grand Tour. • The most-watched Amazon Original movie this holiday season was The Big Sick. • The most-watched Kids Prime Original over the holidays was If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. • The most-purchased movie over the holidays was Elf. • The most-purchased series over the holidays was The Walking Dead. • The most-watched Amazon Channel subscriptions this holiday season were HBO, Showtime and STARZ, and the current seasons of Game of Thrones, Shameless and Power, were the top watched shows on each channel, respectively. • The top match-up of Prime Video’s 10-game Thursday Night Football schedule this season was on Dec. 7, when two million worldwide viewers watched the Atlanta Falcons beat the New Orleans Saints 20-17 • The most-read Kindle book in Amazon First Reads in 2017 was Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. • The best-selling and most-listened-to audiobook of 2017 was The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson, narrated by Roger Wayne. • The most-listened-to fiction audiobook of 2017 was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale. • The most-commented-on audiobook of 2017 was Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, narrated by the author. • According to Amazon Charts, the most read and most gifted Kindle book in the U.S. this holiday season was Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown. • According to Amazon Charts, the top book Kindle readers in the U.S. found Unputdownable this holiday season was Year One: Chronicles of the One, Book 1 by Nora Roberts, reading it cover-to-cover faster than other books. • According to Amazon Charts, the Most Wished For books of 2017 in the U.S. were The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. • Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was the most borrowed book from Prime Reading, worldwide, in 2017. • Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Laurel Randolph, independently published through Kindle Direct Publishing, has been topping Amazon Charts throughout the holiday season – reaching #1 on the most sold non-fiction list the week of Cyber Monday.

Holiday Trivia

• This holiday season was better than ever for the family of Echo products. The Echo Dot was the #1 selling Amazon Device this holiday season, and the best-selling product from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon, with millions sold. • Customers purchased more than twice as many Amazon Fire TV Sticks compared to last year’s holiday season. Fire TV continues to be the #1 streaming media player family in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan, across all retailers. • It was the best holiday season ever for Fire Kids Edition Tablets with 2.4x as many devices purchased from Amazon.com compared to the same time period last year. • Echo devices have been an extremely popular gift this year, with Echo Spot, Echo Dot and Echo Buttons selling out this holiday season; customers can still pre-order to reserve their place in line and orders will be filled on a first come, first served basis. • This year, Kindle celebrated its 10th holiday season. • This season, Amazon customers purchased enough WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey toys on Amazon.com to hang end-to-end down the Empire State Building more than 100 times. • Amazon.com customers purchased enough TVs to create nearly 2,500 towers the size of the Space Needle. • Amazon customers purchased enough littlebits Star Wars Droid Inventor Kits on Amazon.com to man an Imperial-II class Star Destroyer. • Amazon customers purchased enough Calvin Klein products on Amazon.com during the holiday to give five items to every attendee at Coachella 2017. • Amazon customers purchased enough shoes on Amazon.com during the holiday season were lined up end-to-end, they would stretch from Alaska to Miami. • This holiday season, Amazon.com customers purchased eno

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Holiday 2017: Amazon Shoppers Spur Record Year-End Sales

U.S. year-end holiday retail sales rose 4.9% compared to the same period last year—the fastest pace of growth since 2011, and a welcome gift to U.S. retailers amid new signs of consumer confidence.

Online shopping also saw large gains of 18.1% compared to 2016, boosted by a late season rally. Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report details holiday shopping trends from November 1 through December 24 and covers retail sales across all payment types, including cash and check.

Key findings of the Mastercard SpendingPulse report include:

• This was a winning holiday season for retail overall, though the story was different category by category. • For many shoppers, there was no place like home this holiday season. Electronics and appliances increased 7.5 percent, the strongest growth of the last 10 years. The home furniture and furnishings category grew 5.1%, as did home improvement. • Specialty apparel and department stores, which both traditionally see the bulk of sales happen in-store, saw moderate gains. This is particularly impressive given recent store closings. • Retailers’ heavy early-season promotions paid off, with the first three weeks of November seeing significant jumps. • In addition, shoppers were still spending late into the season, with December 23rd next to Black Friday in terms of single-day spending. This was a boon to certain categories, including jewelry. Jewelry grew 5.9%, largely driven by last-minute sales.

“Evolving consumer preferences continue to play out in the aisles and online sites of retailers across the U.S.,” said Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of Market Insights, Mastercard. “Overall, this year was a big win for retail. The strong U.S. economy was a contributing factor, but we also have to recognize that retailers who tried new strategies to engage holiday shoppers were the beneficiaries of this sales increase.”

The Amazon Factor

E-commerce is a big contributor to those results, and a big part of the online holiday increase is due specifically to Amazon, which is hailing this holiday season as its biggest ever, with more than four million new customers trialing Amazon Prime in a single week.

Helping boost Amazon sales this season: a massive tie-in with (RED), pop-up stores in New York and London and focused marketing around its voice-activated smart home devices.

Third-party sellers, small businesses and entrepreneurs had a record-breaking season with more than one billion items ordered worldwide—including nearly 140 million over just five days, from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. More details from its press releases:

Amazon Devices also had its best holiday yet, with tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices sold worldwide. Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote were not only the top-selling Amazon devices this holiday season, but they were also the best-selling products from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon.

“Since Day One we have obsessed over what we believe our customers care about—incredible deals and low prices, fast and free shipping, and a wide selection of top products—and we continue to provide all three, all the time. We’re excited that people continued to join Prime this holiday, to take advantage of more fast and free shipping options plus new convenient delivery like Amazon Key, as well as early access to Lightning Deals and unlimited streaming of TV shows and movies, including Prime Originals and more,” stated Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer.

Amazon’s Holiday Best Sellers in the U.S., UK and Canada provide a snapshot of which popular brands and categories fueled its biggest season ever this year:

Holiday Bestsellers — Global

• The best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling beauty item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling health and personal care item worldwide was the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit.

Holiday Best Sellers — U.S.

• Prime members shopped more than 100,000 Lightning Deals on Amazon.com with Prime Early Access. Customers shopped hundreds of Deals of the Day on Amazon.com throughout the holiday season. Millions of customers in the U.S. watched deals with Watch a Deal. • Whole Foods Market sold over 500,000 pounds of sweet treats at the cookie bars featured in stores across the U.S. – that’s enough to feed Santa more than 6 million cookies throughout his trip around the world on Christmas Eve. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, the top-selling nonfiction book was Obama: An Intimate Portrait by former White House photographer Pete Souza; the top-selling fiction book was Origin by Dan Brown; the top-selling kids book was Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12, The Getaway by Jeff Kinney; and, the top selling poetry book was the sun and her flowers by Rumi Kaur. • Across Amazon Books’ 13 bookstores, one out of seven customers who purchased a book also donated a children’s book to local charities supporting children in need. The top-selling book given to local charities was the classic, Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman; it was also the top-selling book across all 13 stores. • The Echo Dot was the top-selling device across Amazon Books’ 13 stores; the Kindle Paperwhite was the best-selling Kindle; the TP-Link Smart Plug was the best-selling accessory; and WowWee Fingerlings were the top selling toy. • The best-selling kitchen item in the U.S. and worldwide was the Instant Pot DUO80. • The best-selling toy and game item in the U.S. was the Nerf N-Strike Elite Strongarm Blaster, while the best-selling toy and game item worldwide was What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • The best-selling smart home product in the U.S. and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • The best-selling beauty and grooming items in the U.S. included the Finishing Touch Flawless Women’s Painless Hair Remover, the Philips Norelco Multigroom All-In-One Series 3000 and the Oral-B Black Pro 1000 Power Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush, while the best-selling item worldwide was the Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Rechargeable Toothbrush. • The best-selling home, health and personal care products in the U.S. this holiday season include Fitbit Charge 2, the 23andMe DNA Test, the AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing – DNA Ancestry Test Kit and Radha Beauty Aromatherapy Top 8 Essential Oils. • Robot vacuums were among the best-selling home items on Amazon.com over the holiday season. • The best-selling products from Amazon Launchpad businesses included WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey, Exploding Kittens Card Game, and Watch Ya Mouth Throwdown Edition Card Game. • The best-selling sports items in the U.S. this season included Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls, Wilson NFL MVP Junior Football and Spalding NBA Street Basketball. • The best-selling fashion items in the U.S. this holiday season include ASICS Men’s GEL Venture 5 Running Shoe, Alex and Ani Initial Expandable Wire Bangle Bracelet, 2.5″, Levi’s Men’s 505 Regular Fit Jean, UGG Women’s Classic Short II Boot. • The best-selling products from AmazonFresh in the U.S. this holiday season, were organic bananas, limes, cucumbers, navel oranges, yellow onions. • The best-selling furniture products in the U.S. included the Zinus Memory Foam 12 Inch Green Tea Mattress, the LinenSpa 8″ Memory Foam and Innerspring Hybrid Mattress and the LINENSPA 6 Inch Innerspring Mattress. • The best-selling automotive products in the U.S. included the Dark Seasonal Snow & Ice Car Scraper, the NOCO Genius Boost Plus GB40 1000 Amp 12V UltraSafe Lithium Jump Starter and the STANLEY J5C09 Jump Starter. • The best-selling pet products in the U.S. included the PEDIGREE DENTASTIX Holiday Treats for Dogs, the KONG Wild Knots Bears Durable Dog Toys and the Taste of the Wild, Canine Formula. • The best-selling baby products in the U.S. include the Nuby Ice Gel Teether Keys, Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy and the Nuby Bundle of 3 Toys, which was also the best-selling baby product worldwide. • The best-selling luxury beauty item in the U.S. was the Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe Herbs and Rosewater, stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner and Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water, Cleansing and Make-Up Removing Solution. • The best-selling grocery item in the U.S. was Green Mountain Coffee Keurig Coffee Lover’s Variety Pack Single-Serve K-Cup Sampler, 40 Count, the Glaceau Smartwater Vapor Distilled Water, and Viva Naturals Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. • The best-selling tools include the Black + Decker LDX 120C 20-Volt MAX Lithium-Ion Cordless Drill/Driver and the MagnoGrip 311-090 Magnetic Wristband. • The best-selling wireless products in the U.S. include Tile Mate – Key Finder. Phone Finder, PopSockets: Expanding Stand and Grip for Smartphones and Tablets and Wemo Mini Smart Plug. • The best-selling major appliances in the U.S. include Samsung MS11K3000AS 1.1 cu. ft. Countertop Microwave Oven, the Danby 120 Can Beverage Center and the NewAir AB-1200 126-Can Beverage Cooler. • The best-selling musical instruments on Amazon.com were the Snark SN5X Clip-On Tuner for Guitar, Singing Machine SML385BTW Top Loading CDG Karaoke System with Bluetooth, Sound and Disco Light Show, and the Singing Machine SMM-205 Unidirectional Dynamic Microphone. • The best-selling outdoor items in the U.S. were Intex Comfort Plush Elevated Dura-Beam Airbed with Built-in Electric Pump, the Stanley Classic Vacuum Bottle and the BV Bicycle Light Set Super Bright 5 LED Headlight. • The best-selling home improvement products on Amazon.com were the Philips Hue White A19 Single LED Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa), Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance 3rd Generation A19 10W Equivalent Dimmable LED Smart Bulb (Works with Amazon Alexa) and Himalayan Glow Pink Salt Lamp. • The best-selling lawn and garden products in the U.S. this holiday season included the Weber 6492 Original Instant-Read Thermometer, Snow Joe SJBLZD Telescoping Snow Broom with Ice Scraper and Bounty Hunter TK4 Tracker IV Metal Detector. • The best-selling office products in the U.S. were Elmer’s Liquid School Glue (1 Gallon) – Great For Making Slime, Georgia-Pacific Spectrum Standard 92 Multipurpose Paper (8.5 x 11 Inches) and Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens (Assorted Colors, 12-Count). • The best-selling business, industrial and scientific supplies in the U.S. included the First Aid Only All-Purpose First Aid Essentials Kit, Rubbermaid Commercial Stainless Steel Oven Monitoring Thermometer and TOPGREENER TU2154A High Speed USB Charger Outlet. • The best-selling TVs in the U.S. this holiday season were the TCL 32-Inch 720p Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model), Samsung Electronics 40-Inch 1080p Smart LED TV (2017 Model), TCL 49-Inch 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model) and Samsung Electronics 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2017 Model).

Holiday Best Sellers — Canada

• The best-selling smart home product in Canada and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug. • Instant Pot pressure cookers and accessories were among the best-selling kitchen products on Amazon.ca. • The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals was the best-selling physical book on Amazon.ca. • Sony MDRZX110 On-Ear Headphones were among the best-selling electronics products on Amazon.ca. • TubShroom, The Revolutionary Tub Drain Protector Hair Catcher/Strainer/Snare was among the best-selling home products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling toys on Amazon.ca were Fingerlings – Interactive Baby Monkey – Sophie (White with Pink Hair) By WowWee, Cards Against Humanity: Canadian Edition and What Do You Meme? Adult Party Game. • Tile Mate – Key Finder was among the top selling wireless electronics products on Amazon.ca. • The top-selling DVDs on Amazon.ca were Game of Thrones Season 7, The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Tenth Season, The Crown – Season 1, Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection and American Horror Story: Roanoke.

Digital Entertainment

• This year, 4x more music from Amazon Music was streamed over Alexa compared to last holiday season. • Amazon Music listeners loved using the lyrics feature to ask for songs on Alexa over the holidays, requesting Jingle Bells more than any other festive track just by saying a few words from the song. • Listeners wanted to slow down and unwind this season, asking Alexa to play “relaxing” music more than any other mood through Amazon Music. • Listeners in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Houston and San Diego streamed more holiday songs on Amazon Music via Alexa, than any other cities in the U.S. • Christmas by Michael Bublé was once again the most played album on Amazon Music during the holiday season. • All I want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey held the top spot for the most streamed holiday song on Amazon Music for the second year in a row. • The most-watched season over the holidays was the Golden Globe-nominated Prime Original The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. • The most-watched series this holiday was The Grand Tour. • The most-watched Amazon Original movie this holiday season was The Big Sick. • The most-watched Kids Prime Original over the holidays was If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. • The most-purchased movie over the holidays was Elf. • The most-purchased series over the holidays was The Walking Dead. • The most-watched Amazon Channel subscriptions this holiday season were HBO, Showtime and STARZ, and the current seasons of Game of Thrones, Shameless and Power, were the top watched shows on each channel, respectively. • The top match-up of Prime Video’s 10-game Thursday Night Football schedule this season was on Dec. 7, when two million worldwide viewers watched the Atlanta Falcons beat the New Orleans Saints 20-17 • The most-read Kindle book in Amazon First Reads in 2017 was Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. • The best-selling and most-listened-to audiobook of 2017 was The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson, narrated by Roger Wayne. • The most-listened-to fiction audiobook of 2017 was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale. • The most-commented-on audiobook of 2017 was Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, narrated by the author. • According to Amazon Charts, the most read and most gifted Kindle book in the U.S. this holiday season was Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown. • According to Amazon Charts, the top book Kindle readers in the U.S. found Unputdownable this holiday season was Year One: Chronicles of the One, Book 1 by Nora Roberts, reading it cover-to-cover faster than other books. • According to Amazon Charts, the Most Wished For books of 2017 in the U.S. were The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. • Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was the most borrowed book from Prime Reading, worldwide, in 2017. • Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Laurel Randolph, independently published through Kindle Direct Publishing, has been topping Amazon Charts throughout the holiday season – reaching #1 on the most sold non-fiction list the week of Cyber Monday.

Holiday Trivia

• This holiday season was better than ever for the family of Echo products. The Echo Dot was the #1 selling Amazon Device this holiday season, and the best-selling product from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon, with millions sold. • Customers purchased more than twice as many Amazon Fire TV Sticks compared to last year’s holiday season. Fire TV continues to be the #1 streaming media player family in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan, across all retailers. • It was the best holiday season ever for Fire Kids Edition Tablets with 2.4x as many devices purchased from Amazon.com compared to the same time period last year. • Echo devices have been an extremely popular gift this year, with Echo Spot, Echo Dot and Echo Buttons selling out this holiday season; customers can still pre-order to reserve their place in line and orders will be filled on a first come, first served basis. • This year, Kindle celebrated its 10th holiday season. • This season, Amazon customers purchased enough WowWee Fingerlings Interactive Baby Monkey toys on Amazon.com to hang end-to-end down the Empire State Building more than 100 times. • Amazon.com customers purchased enough TVs to create nearly 2,500 towers the size of the Space Needle. • Amazon customers purchased enough littlebits Star Wars Droid Inventor Kits on Amazon.com to man an Imperial-II class Star Destroyer. • Amazon customers purchased enough Calvin Klein products on Amazon.com during the holiday to give five items to every attendee at Coachella 2017. • Amazon customers purchased enough shoes on Amazon.com during the holiday season were lined up end-to-end, they would stretch from Alaska to Miami. • This holiday season, Amazon.com customers purchased eno

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