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Feb 1, 2013 at 5:41 am #1298719
Source: http://www.wired.com/business/2013/02/amazon-crash-unsold-underwear/
It's amusing; Amazon was down for 49 minutes on Thursday, and because the giant sells so much product, two of the best selling items seem to be backpacking-specific. They missed out on selling 400,000 pairs of Ex-Officio underwear and 700,000 mylar space blankets.
Feb 1, 2013 at 8:37 pm #1949886From what I read they're pretty liberal with who is allowed to update the code for the frontpage, the only requirement being that any changes that are made can be rolled back. I guess someone really screwed that one up.
Feb 19, 2013 at 5:29 pm #1956173It turns out that those boxer briefs are the 7th most sold clothing item.
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