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Thursday, 01/29/2015 12:46:15 PM

Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:46:15 PM

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Amazon(AMZN) usually doesn't give out many details about sales by category, but this is what it has said about the top-selling items in a wide range of categories, from books to videos, toys and electronic equipment in the run-up to Christmas.

GoPro Inc.'s(GPRO) wearable equipment and accessories were the best-selling cameras.

Merchandise related to the Disney (DIS) smash hit "Frozen" figured in a number of categories. The Frozen Princess Elsa doll was the top-selling toy, while Anna and Elsa digital watches led that category and the Frozen Karaoke set was third-biggest seller in music after "That is Christmas to Me" by Pentatonix and "1989" by Taylor Swift.

Amazon Fire TV was the best-selling streaming media box, while the Fire TV Stick was the fastest-selling Amazon device ever, the company said The top-selling movies on Amazon.com were "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Maleficent."

Amazon said its free shipping program Amazon Prime added a record 10 million new members during the holiday season. It shipped items to 185 countries with customers ordering more than 10 times as many items with same-day delivery over 2013.

The company said nearly 60% of its customers used a mobile device for their holiday shopping with the trend accelerating late in the season. Cyber Monday was the company's biggest mobile shopping day, while Black Friday showed the highest growth in mobile shopping.

Also read: The most important thing to look for in Amazon's earnings

This is an updated version of an article that was published on Dec. 26.
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