Amazon boasts of ‘biggest holiday season’ ever as instore shopping plummets

Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge Amazon says it has just had its “biggest holiday season to date” as customers turned to the site to shop rather than venturing out to physical stores. Although CNBC notes that the company did not share actual sales figures for either Black Friday or Cyber Monday, in a blog post the company revealed figures for independent sellers on its platform. Amazon says these sellers saw over $4.8 billion in sales through the two shopping days worldwide, an increase of 60 percent over last year. “Through Cyber Monday, 2020 has been the largest holiday shopping season so far in our company’s history thanks to customers around the world,” Amazon wrote. While Amazon’s sales reached record highs, traffic at physical stores has reportedly plummeted.... Continue reading…