Amazon: Crash Proof? - AllThingsD
Thu, Jan 29th, 2009
Back in December Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos claimed that the 2008 holiday season the company’s best yet, but he offered nothing in the way of data to back it up. Well, here’s the proof.
The online retailer reported a nice gain in earnings for the fourth quarter thanks to strong saleduring the holiday shopping season. For the period ended Dec.
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