Sellers On Amazon.com Sell More Than 2 Billion Items In 2014

Amazon.com Inc. said Monday that sellers on its site sold more than 2 billion items in 2014, setting a record. Sellers from than 100 countries fulfilled orders to customers in 185 countries, using the Fulfillment by Amazon service, the company said in a statement. China and Hong Kong-based sellers offering goods internationally grew 80% from 2013, while offers from India more than tripled. On Cyber Monday, more than 16 million units were ordered, and orders processed by businesses using Amazon Payments grew more than 60% from the year earlier.