Amazon.com Announces New Deadlines for Overnight Holiday Delivery; Teams with USPS to Deliver over Christmas Weekend and on Christmas Day.Business Editors and Retail Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 Leading online retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ), together with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval , today announced special plans to deliver gifts over the Christmas weekend and even on Christmas Day. Now customers can place orders at Amazon.com through Dec. 23, and still have them delivered in time for Christmas. The special holiday weekend delivery options mean customers will be able to order merchandise that shows 24-hour availability until 11:59 p.m. EST P.M. also p.m. or p.m. abbr. post meridiem Usage Note: By definition, 12 a.m. on Dec. 23 at Amazon.com and still receive their packages on Christmas Day, by choosing a special holiday delivery shipping method at check-out. Order deadlines and eligibility for the overnight holiday delivery are as follows:
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Order By Delivery Delivery Provided To
Date Method(s)
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Dec. 21 (Thurs) Dec. 23 - UPS Next Day Saturday All serviceable ZIP
11:59 p.m. EST (Sat) Delivery; & codes in the 48
- USPS Express Mail contiguous states;
excludes Alaska and
Hawaii
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Dec. 22 (Fri) Dec. 24 - USPS Express Mail Approximately
11:59 p.m. EST (Sun) 32,000 major
metropolitan ZIP
codes
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Dec. 23 (Sat) Dec. 25 - USPS Express Mail Approximately
11:59 p.m. EST (Mon) 32,000 major
metropolitan ZIP
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"Year after year, I find myself waiting until the last minute to do my holiday shopping," said David Risher, Amazon.com's senior vice president and general manager of U.S. stores. "This year, Amazon.com is making it possible for me and all the procrastinators out there to get their last-minute shopping done with just a click of the mouse." These overnight holiday delivery options will allow shoppers to easily and conveniently purchase merchandise from Amazon.com as last-minute gifts through Dec. 23, and still have delivery in time for Christmas. To help communicate the overnight holiday delivery options to customers, a co-branded television advertising campaign featuring Amazon.com and the Postal Service began airing nationwide on Dec. 4 and will continue through Dec. 22. The campaign will include two, 30-second television spots that will air on network television during prime time. Holiday shoppers who procrastinate pro·cras·ti·nate v. pro·cras·ti·nat·ed, pro·cras·ti·nat·ing, pro·cras·ti·nates v.intr. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. v.tr. beyond the Dec. 23 order deadline for Christmas Day delivery can still take advantage of Amazon.com's e-mail gift certificates, which can be scheduled for a specific delivery or sent immediately. Last holiday season, Amazon.com shipped more than 20 million items--well more than 99 percent of which were delivered on time for the holidays. Looking to build on its success, Amazon.com began working with major carriers such as the Postal Service and UPS in January to prepare for the 2000 holiday season. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Amazon.com's Delight-O-Meter, customers have already ordered over 18.8 million units worldwide since Nov. 2. (Note: The Delight-O-Meter tracks the number of items ordered from Amazon sites worldwide, including items ordered from its co-branded site with Toysrus.com, but excludes gift certificates purchased, items ordered from other members of the Amazon Commerce Network, and orders from Amazon.com's zShops, Auctions and Marketplace. The Delight-O-Meter should not be viewed or used as a predictor of revenue or other financial information relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Amazon.com.) About Amazon.com Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries) is the Internet's No. 1 retailer. Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection, along with online auctions and free electronic greeting cards See e-card. . Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Amazon.com lists more than 28 million unique items in categories such as electronics, kitchen products, books, music, DVDs, videos, camera and photo items, toys, software, computer and video games This article is about the British magazine covering computer and video games. For the American magazine, see Computer Games Magazine. Computer And Video Games (CVG , tools and hardware, lawn and patio patio In Spanish and Latin American architecture, a courtyard open to the sky within a building. A Spanish development of the Roman atrium, it is comparable to the Italian cortile but provides more seclusion, possibly due to Moorish custom. The patio of the contemporary U.S. , and wireless products. Through Amazon.com zShops, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.com's more than 25 million customers, and with Amazon.com Payments, sellers can accept credit card transactions, avoiding the hassles of offline payments. Amazon.com operates four international Web sites: www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de and www.amazon.co.jp. It also operates the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Movie Database www.imdb.com, the Web's comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than 250,000 movies and entertainment titles and 1 million cast and crew members dating from the birth of film in 1891 to 2003. Amazon Anywhere is the leader in mobile e-commerce, providing access from anywhere in the world to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de on personal digital assistants (PDAs) and through handheld wireless Internet devices that use HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language) A specialized version of HTML designed to enable wireless pagers, cellphones and other handheld devices to obtain information from Web pages. HDML was developed by Phone. or the Wireless Application Protocol. This announcement contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, Amazon.com's limited operating history, anticipated losses, significant amount of indebtedness INDEBTEDNESS. The state, of being in debt, without regard to the ability or inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. 343; 2 Hill. Ab. 421. 2. , unpredictability of future revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, seasonality, consumer trends, competition, risk of distribution center expansion, risks related to fourth quarter performance, risks of system interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. , management of potential growth, inventory risks, risks related to auction and zShops services, risks related to fraud and Amazon.com Payments, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, strategic alliances and the Amazon Commerce Network. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 1999, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarters ended March 31, 2000, June 30, 2000, and September 30, 2000. |
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