Amazon Announces its Biggest Holiday Shopping Weekend Ever

10/12/2022 09:00 English Diep Nguyen

Amazon announced that this year Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend was its biggest ever, with customers around the world purchasing hundreds of millions of products across Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

According to Amazon, a record number of products purchased over the five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday.

Over the holiday shopping weekend—the five days from Thanksgiving, Black Friday to Cyber Monday—customers purchased a record number of products on Amazon

Customers shopped millions of deals this holiday shopping weekend

“This was a record-breaking holiday shopping weekend for Amazon. Customers shopped millions of deals this weekend and we have many more amazing deals to come,” said Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. “Thank you to our customers for choosing to shop on Amazon—and to our employees and selling partners around the world who are delivering for customers every day.”

Highlights from the 2022 holiday shopping season in the U.S and worldwide.

• It was a record-breaking Black Friday event for Amazon. Customers around the world drove more sales and purchased more items compared to previous Black Friday events.

• Tens of millions of customers worldwide found great gifts for family & friends.

• The best-selling categories were Home, Fashion, Toys, Beauty, and Amazon devices in the U.S.

• Customers supported small businesses this holiday shopping weekend, generating more than $1 billion in sales for small businesses in the U.S.

● Hundreds of local businesses from Vietnamese top-selling categories in 2022 including Kitchen, Home, Apparel, Health & Personal Care and Home Improvement partcipated in this year’s hoiday shopping season and made more product choices for global customers.

In addition to selling partners, Amazon’s employees, in-store staff members, delivery drivers also greatly contributed to convenient delivery and pickup options throughout the Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals events. Amazon is proud to offer great shopping experiences for all customers during the holiday season and beyond. Moreover, Amazon continues to help customers discover savings during the holiday season—and every day—and there is still time to save on last-minute gifting.

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