
Amazon said on Tuesday it just had its biggest shopping day in the company’s history on Cyber Monday (Monday, November 26), based on the number of products sold worldwide. That means the shopping event topped Black Friday and even Amazon’s own sales event known as Prime Day, which occurs July had become the biggest sales day in Amazon’s history with more than 100 million products sold.
Customers worldwide bought more than 18 million toys today and more than 13 million fashion items on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. More than 4 million toys and electronics were ordered through the Amazon mobile app on Black Friday alone.
And sales from small to medium-sized businesses grew more than 20 Percent on Black Friday, compared with last year.
In total, across the “Turkey 5,” Amazon customers ordered more than 180 million items, the retailer said.
Of course, many of the best-sellers were Amazon’s own devices, thanks to hefty discounts on Alexa-powered smart speakers and Fire TV.
Over the weekend, Amazon sold “millions” of Echo devices worldwide, with the new Echo Dot being the top seller, as well as the No. 1 selling product across all of Amazon from any manufacturer.