Alexandria, Va., knows how to keep the romance alive as America's
most romantic city for the second year in a row; Miami keeps it hot as
the sexiest city in the U.S.
SEATTLE, Feb 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Love is in the air. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced its list of
the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in America. After compiling sales data
of romance novels and relationship books (Kindle Books and print books),
romantic comedy movies (digital movies and DVDs), Barry White albums
(CDs and MP3s), along with sexual wellness products, since Jan. 1, 2011,
on a per capita basis in cities with over 100,000 residents, the Top 20
most romantic cities in the U.S. are:
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1. Alexandria, Va.
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11. Vancouver, Wash.
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2. Knoxville, Tenn.
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12. Round Rock, Texas
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3. Orlando, Fla.
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13. Pittsburgh
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4. Miami
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14. Salt Lake City
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5. Ann Arbor, Mich.
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15. Arlington, Va.
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6. Columbia, S.C.
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16. Las Vegas
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7. Cincinnati
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17. Clarksville, Tenn.
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8. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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18. St. Louis
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9. Gainesville, Fla.
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19. Dayton, Ohio
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10. Tallahassee, Fla.
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20. Frisco, Texas
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In taking a closer look at Amazon.com's "romantic" data, the company
also unveiled that:
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Alexandria, Va., knows how to keep the romance alive as America's most
romantic city (second year in a row!)
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Needing to turn up the heat are El Monte, Calif.; Paterson, N.J.; and
Miami Gardens, Fla., as the least romantic cities, coming in with the
fewest number of overall purchases in the determining categories.
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Florida is for romantics, with four cities--Miami, Gainesville,
Orlando, and Tallahassee--ranked among the Top 20 most romantic cities.
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For the second year in a row, Miami is the Sexiest City in America,
winning the top spot in the sexual wellness category.
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Of the Top 20, Knoxville, Tenn., is the most improved, jumping up 14
spots from last year to clock in as the second most romantic city.
To browse Amazon's selection of Valentine's Day gifts in books, music,
movies--and contribute to your city's romantic rating--visit: http://www.amazon.com/books,
http://www.amazon.com/freevdaymusic,
http://www.amazon.com/romantic-comedies,
and http://www.amazon.com/valentines.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com,
Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers
can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and
endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com
and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used
items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital
Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby;
Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors;
and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's
developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services
based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can
use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G and
Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly
download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a
crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like
real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless
technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a
Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions
of items sold on Amazon.
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and www.amazon.it.
As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com,
Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. 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 most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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