Retail sales were down across the board during a thrifty holiday season, but somehow Amazon.com managed to buck the trend. According to the online megastore, sales peaked at 72.9 items ordered per second, versus a high of just 62.5 last year. The high point was December 15th, when the site sold some 6.3 million items, buoyed by popular gifts like the Dark Knight on DVD and the popular Twilight book series by Stephanie Meyer.
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