Amazon Weekly News 12/4: The Biggest Black Friday Ever, Walmart+ Updates, 200th Episode of SSP & More

Serious Sellers Podcast: Learn How To Sell On Amazon FBA & Walmart

Helium 10

Business:entrepreneurship, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business

5 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

A record breaking Black Friday surpassed $4.8 Billion in worldwide sales. Walmart+ drops its shopping minimum for free home delivery. Episode 200 of the Serious Sellers Podcast drops this Saturday. This and more in this week's top stories.

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the Amazon-related weekly news, we've got stories on some promising Black Friday numbers, incredible Amazon mobile app installation numbers, as well as a preview to Serious Sellers podcast, Episode 200.
0:11.9	How cool is that? Pretty cool, I think. Hey everyone and welcome to another edition of the weekly news from Helium 10. I'm Fernando.
0:31.7	And I'm Rea. Here's our first story. The numbers are in for Black Friday and Cyber Monday,
0:36.8	and they are phenomenal.
0:38.8	Independent businesses on Amazon, the majority, which are small to medium-sized businesses,
0:43.7	surpass $4.8 billion in worldwide sales during the four-day holiday shopping event. That's a 60%
0:51.5	increase from last year. And it doesn't stop there, Fernando.
0:54.8	Over 71,000 small and medium-sized businesses surpass $100,000 in sales this holiday season to date,
1:02.6	with American small and medium-sized businesses having sold an average of 9,500 products per minute this holiday season to date.
1:12.4	So it's easy to see that this was an amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday for Amazon sellers.
1:17.7	But this was the biggest Black Friday and Cyber Monday ever for Amazon.
1:21.4	According to Adobe Analytics, Black Friday online spending climbed 22% year over year to a record $9 billion.
1:29.7	As online shopping rose is Black Friday, brick and mortar stores took a hit.
1:34.6	According to data from Censormatic Solutions, foot traffic to stores on Black Friday dropped 52% compared with last year.
1:42.0	What do you think, Rhea?
1:42.8	Well, we've reported all year long about
1:44.6	the explosion in e-commerce since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. People are shopping online
1:50.2	more and the late Prime Day this year kicked off the holiday shopping season early. So it's no
1:55.6	surprise that this was a phenomenal Black Friday and Cyber Monday. So for you sellers watching at home,
2:00.5	how was your Black Friday and Cyber Monday? So for you sellers watching at home, how was your Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
2:02.9	Was it better this year compared to last or was it different?
2:06.9	And we're not done of Black Friday.
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