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Amazon Stores Helping Build the Future of Business: More than 50,000 Small and Medium-sized Businesses Exceeded $500,000 in Sales in Amazon’s Stores in 2018
Third-party sales are growing at a faster rate than first-party sales in Amazon’s stores
More than half of units sold in Amazon’s stores are from small and medium-sized businesses
Small and medium-sized businesses selling in Amazon’s stores are estimated to have created more than 900,000 jobs worldwide
“This year growth of small and medium-sized businesses in our stores
enabled business owners to create new products, provide greater
selection to customers, and reinvest in their local communities through
job creation,” said
Third-party sales are growing at a faster rate than first-party sales on
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2018 Amazon Stores Highlights:
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Nearly 200,000 small and medium-sized businesses sold more than
$100,000 in Amazon’s stores in 2018. -
More than 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses exceeded
$500,000 in sales in our stores in 2018. -
The number of small and medium-sized businesses eclipsing
$1 million in sales in Amazon’s stores worldwide grew by 20 percent in 2018. -
Small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. using Fulfillment by
Amazon more than doubled their export sales. - More than half of units sold in Amazon’s stores are from small and medium-sized businesses.
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Small and medium-sized businesses selling in Amazon’s stores exceeded
$1.5 billion in sales during the Prime Day event. - Amazon Storefronts launched, featuring more than 1 million products from 20,000 U.S. small and medium-sized businesses.
In 2018, Amazon introduced the Small Business Impact Report. According to the report, small and medium-sized businesses selling in Amazon’s stores are estimated to have created more than 900,000 jobs worldwide. To view the report, visit: www.amazon.com/SMBreport.
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