Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday it shipped more than one billion items through Amazon Prime and Fulfillment by Amazon this holiday season. The online retailer also said it had its best holiday season ever for Amazon devices, with the Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablet and Amazon Echo topping its best-sellers list. Sales of Echo-family devices were up more than nine times compared with last year and the company shipped millions of Alexa devices worldwide, according to a news release. And more than 72% of Amazon customers worldwide shopped via a mobile device. Amazon shares have increased more than 13% in the year to date, outperforming the S&P 500 , which is up more than 11%.
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