Comments on: Amazon: The Scrooge of Holiday-Sales Data

By: Black Friday, Red Ink: Big Discounts Will Kill Profits – GigaOM

Black Friday, Red Ink: Big Discounts Will Kill Profits – GigaOM — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:57 +0000

[...] Black Friday, Red Ink: Big Discounts Will Kill Profits By Kevin Kelleher November 27, 2009 No Comments 0 0 0 0 It’s that time of year again. The holiday shopping season has shifted into full gear, and so have the economists, analysts and retailers who wring their hands over things like Black Friday sales figures. Or those of its fake, and widely mocked, online counterpart, Cyber Monday (which is far from the busiest shopping day on the web — online sales at Amazon, for example, typically peak in mid-December). [...]

By: Kağıt Maket

Kağıt Maket — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:12:00 +0000

Amazon: The Scrooge of Holiday-Sales Data great article thank you.

By: A Fateful Month for Big Tech Companies

A Fateful Month for Big Tech Companies — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:17:34 +0000

[...] issue: They call it Black Friday, but it was the beginning of good tidings for Amazon. Its stock surged 63 percent from pre-Thanksgiving lows to early January. Then came [...]

By: Tehseen

Tehseen — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:21:09 +0000

I agree with Gadget Sleuth!
It seems to me that amazon is doing something right….they have a fighting spirit in these tough times.
I am sure when we see the long list of bankrupt retailers in January, AMAZON would be far far away from it.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:09:26 +0000

Hey, in this economy, good news is good news, even if it is twisted a tiny bit by only sharing partial data. Like the person above said, many companies don’t publish ALL their numbers, and they probably shouldn’t.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:56:01 +0000

Amazon always releases a cutesy press release the day after. Just be glad there was growth in revenue and likely profit. They’re not releasing their quarterly results; any financial person who pretends like it should be otherwise is a… well… bad analyst. That’s not how Amazon operates, and it’s not how most top performing companies do either. Sorry, Santa ain’t gonna grant that wish. Bah humbug.

By: Leon

Leon — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:56:05 +0000

It’s probably other days are not as amazing as Dec 15, and the total sales over the holiday season are not exceptional good. That’s the way of PR by exposing the best data they got.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:03:51 +0000

Would it be better if AMZN said they had their worst day ever on December 15th? Not sure what the big deal is. The quarterly report will show the “real” numbers. May be you should view the glass as half full. Keep you chin up. Happy Holidays!