Monday, November 28, 2011

Amazon: Kindle Black Friday Sales 4X Last Year

Seattle-based Amazon said this morning that its Black Friday sales of the Kindle were 4x that of last year, the best ever for the Kindle family. Actual sales numbers were not released by the company. Amazon said its Kindle Fire remains its bestselling product. Black Friday has traditionally been the kickoff of the holiday season for retailers; however, Amazon has been promoting holiday sales and deals since the first of November. comScore reported this morning that online sales hit $816M for Black Friday, up 26 percent from last year.