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December 27, 2006

Amazon calls this holiday 'best ever'

SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon.com Inc.'s 2006 holiday season peaked with more than 4 million orders placed on Dec. 11, the Web retailer said Tuesday. That broke last year's single-day record of more than 3.6 million orders set on Dec. 12.

In its 12th holiday season, Amazon.com said it again had its “best ever” sales and that it shipped more than 99 percent of orders in time to meet holiday deadlines around the globe. As many as 3.4 million units went out in a single day.


 
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