Daily Facts - Day #31: 12 unbelievable Amazon facts
Published on November 21, 2018
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Amazon has changed the way people shop, search online, and consume digital content.
Pay attention to the following stats and you'll understand why ...
According to Mediakix ...
1. 95 million Americans have Amazon Prime memberships.
2. Amazon Prime members spend $1.4k per year on average.
3. Consumers purchased over 100 million products on Prime Day 2018.
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4. 9 out of 10 consumer price check a product on Amazon.
5. 43% of teens say that Amazon is their favorite shopping site.
6. Whole Foods prices went down 43% after Amazon acquired the grocery chain.
7. Amazon's ad spend was $3.4 billion in 2017.
8. Amazon shipped more than 5 billion items in 2017 with Prime worldwide. By 2022 there will be 56 million Amazon Prime Video subscribers in the U.S., and 122 million worldwide.
9. As of the last reported period, Amazon had 310 million active customers.
10. Amazon ships an average of 608 million packages each year, which equates to (an estimated) 1,600,000 packages a day.
11. Last year, Amazon had $136 billion in sales, and the company is projected to finish at the $177 billion mark this year.
12. Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com makes around $275 million each day (reported between January-May)! He is he world's richest man.
Sometimes I just can't understand how this behemoth marketplace is able to dominate us at this level ...
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