Amazon gains 10 million Prime subscribers over Christmas periodDecember 27, 2014 - 16:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon gained over 10 million new Prime subscribers over the Christmas period, according to statistics released by the company, Digital Spy reports. The online retailer's 20th holiday season saw a huge number of customers trying Amazon Prime for the first time, as the retailer offered over 25,000 Lightning Deals. Founder and CEO of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos said: "We are excited to welcome more than ten million new members to Amazon Prime this holiday season, who benefited from unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on their holiday gifts. We are working hard to make Prime even better and expanding the recently launched Prime Now to additional cities in 2015." Amazon also released a number of statistics about their festive sales and shipping, including the fact that the last Prime Now order made before Christmas was placed on December 24 at 10:24pm in the US and was delivered on the same day at 11:06pm. Amazon Fire TV was named the best-selling streaming media box on the site over the season, while it was revealed that nearly 60% of customers shopped using a mobile device over the Christmas period. Cyber Monday was the peak mobile shopping day, while Black Friday saw the most rapid growth in mobile shopping. Amazon shipped to 185 countries over the festive period. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. |