SMBs Approached $5B in Holiday-Weekend Sales on Amazon

Independent businesses, mostly small- and medium-sized, surpassed $4.8 billion in worldwide sales on Amazon from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, up more than 60% from last year, emailed the e-commerce giant Tuesday. More than 71,000 SMBs worldwide have exceeded $100,000 in sales on Amazon so far the holiday season, it said. American SMBs this holiday have sold an average of 9,500 products per minute, it said.