“Customers asked Alexa how to get Fluffy Mashed Potatoes out of their hair following holiday arguments over the meaning of ‘fake news,’ and how to file a police report after a ‘caroler’ made off with one of our deliveries...” https://t.co/WoFPk6w0uo

— Denise H? (@dhowell) December 27, 2019

E-commerce sales this year made up 14.6% of total retail sales and rose 18.8% from the 2018 period, according to a report from Mastercard https://t.co/d8D5OcYfZH pic.twitter.com/ysiO0KfqED

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 27, 2019

Amazon described the 2019 holiday season as record-breaking for the company, saying billions of items were ordered on the site and “tens of millions” Amazon devices purchased world-wide https://t.co/hrj3nY3bgW

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 26, 2019

Echo Dot and Other Alexa Products Once Again Top Sellers for Amazon Over the Holidays, But Prime Gets First Mention in 2019 - https://t.co/SrfknWGa5R https://t.co/CdIyizlKBQ by @voicebotai

— VoiceXP (@VoiceXPInc) December 26, 2019

Yes... congratulations america...... https://t.co/aZ8qiy3x0V

— Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) December 26, 2019

Amazonが「今年のホリデーシーズンは史上最高だった」と発表し、 $AMZN が4%以上上昇。プライム翌日・当日配送は前年比4倍ほどになり、Amazonロッカーの利用も6割増になったとのことで、ロジスティックが大幅に進歩したようす。https://t.co/N9cVYfFCiX

— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) December 26, 2019

Today was one of the best days of the year for Amazon stock after it announced "record" holiday sales. And it did it without FedEx as a delivery partner.https://t.co/3Zb1tXtYpO

— Will Feuer (@WillFOIA) December 26, 2019

Mastercard 2019 SpendingPulse Holiday Report: sales through 12/24 increased 3.4 percent (ex auto) with online sales growing 18.8 percent compared to 2018. So long as the overall figures are positive, that’s good news. https://t.co/HHX1cuA5Sg

— Sucharita Kodali (@smulpuru) December 26, 2019

After a record season, online holiday shopping is still less than 15% of the US total. So much room to grow for e-commerce players such a $AMZN and $EBAY. https://t.co/XJVG7mVLY3

— Hadi Partovi (@hadip) December 27, 2019

Record online sales give U.S. holiday shopping season a boost: report - Reuters https://t.co/eUW9gNrUP6 pic.twitter.com/VjKItyDLA3

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) December 27, 2019

A Mastercard spokesman, "citing 2018’s 5.1% growth in total sales, said this year’s holiday sales growth was not the biggest ever." - @Reutershttps://t.co/wAXwcWptrb https://t.co/xPwfZgAMti

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) December 26, 2019

E-commerce sales this year made up 14.6% of total retail sales and rose 18.8% from the 2018 period, according to a report from Mastercard https://t.co/THnorzQcq0 pic.twitter.com/jFm0BrRKmM

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 27, 2019

??????Record online sales give U.S. holiday shopping season a boost: report https://t.co/3JTya9VwIv

— Elizabeth Vidal (@elividal471) December 26, 2019

U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year's holiday shopping season, with e-commerce sales hitting a record high, a Mastercard report says https://t.co/THnorA7Nhy pic.twitter.com/0AezZrpkDz

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 27, 2019

Online sales rose 18.8% from November 1 to Christmas Eve, compared with growth of 1.2% for in-store sales, versus 2018 ??? -@WSJ https://t.co/7y9QU6ZVHR

— The Compound (@TheCompoundNews) December 26, 2019

the source for Trump’s 3.4% number is the MasterCard spendingpulse early returns, in-line with earlier estimates of a marked decline to 3%ish. Also, inflation is 2.4% this year; mastercard is a nominal number, so holiday sales actually rose a mere 1% https://t.co/TOc5sq6k6Y

— Robert Marchini (@rhcm123) December 25, 2019

Retailers have much to cheer about this holiday season. According to Mastercard, U.S. holiday retail sales increased 3.4 percent with online sales growing 18.8 percent compared to 2018. https://t.co/0sSSL5zuxH

— Aptos (@Aptos_Retail) December 27, 2019