Auto News – Daily Last Auto News

Last Auto News –

The anniversary affairs division ability accept been afflictive for food in general, but there is one banker that’s not arrant the dejection — Amazon. Its anniversary columnist absolution appear 2008 sales from Black Friday through December were the best anytime in 14 years.

The New York Times says, “Amazon’s columnist absolution has all sorts of absorbing factoids: the weight of all GPS accessories it awash from Black Friday through December equals the accumulated weight of 151 Mini Coopers; it awash abundant ‘Breaking Dawn’ books that, if ample end to end, they could ability the acme of Mount Everest eight times; and its top sellers in electronics included a 52-inch Samsung LCD HDTV and the eight-gigabyte Apple iPod Touch.”

Other abortive facts? Amazon awash abundant coffee to accord anybody in Seattle a cup per day for two months, abundant Casio G-Shock watches to accord to anybody who abounding Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark concert in Madison Square Garden, and abundant Spalding basketballs to ample three C-130 burden planes.

Amazon’s columnist absolution aswell letters that its aiguille day for arcade was Dec. 15, if barter ordered 6.3 actor items or about 73 items anniversary second.

The top sellers this anniversary for Amazon and added food were big admission cyberbanking items. Motley Fool reports, “Netbooks were the hot PC items, led by the dejected azure Acer Aspire. Apple’s iPod blow as a top agent in customer electronics, so Apple wasn’t absolutely shut out.”

GPS Magazine writes, “Amazon’s will not say how abounding GPS units it in fact sold, but authoritative some basal assumptions, we can about-face architect the number: bold the boilerplate boxed GPS weighs about 2.5 lbs, again one could appraisal that Amazon alien about 154,442 GPS units this holiday. Not too shabby.”

So why did Amazon do so able-bodied area others fell short? It’s because Amazon, like addition anniversary big winner, Wal-Mart, has a acceptability for affairs its articles at abatement prices. Meanwhile, added businesses approved to carve their prices to allurement in shoppers, but ultimately may accept afflicted their basal line.

The Mercury News letters that arcade offers and online promotions and rebates aswell could accept apprenticed added online purchases.

The bargains accumulate rolling in — from Amazon and elsewhere. Even in the dregs of the season, you can still acquisition a abundant accord on a air-conditioned gadget. Check out the best GPS deals online and in the store, or go to U.S. News’ GPS reviews for advice on the hottest carriageable aeronautics accessories out today.