Amazon Accelerates Sales Growth In Q2
Amazon continued touting its expansion of Prime and one-day delivery as it posted second quarter sales up 20%.
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Amazon Touts Prime Day Sales Success
Prime Day 2019 rolled through as Amazon’s largest shopping event ever with more than one million deals exclusively for Prime members, the company declared.
Amazon Discounts Continue Through Prime Day 2
According to the company, Amazon discounts on Prime Day June 15 saved its Prime members across the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars and more bargains are coming, including deals on smart home, home furnishings and housewares.
Survey: Amazon Prime Day Shoppers Set To Check Other Sites
According to a study from marketing technology and analytics agency Adlucent, consumers planning to take advantage of Amazon Prime Day remain enthusiastic about the e-tailer. But the shopping doesn’t stop there, as approximately 68% of consumers will explore beyond Amazon, comparing products and prices on other sites.
Amazon Touts Early Prime Day Sales Deals
This year, Amazon is running its Prime Day sales promotion from July 15 to 16, but it already has begun running associated deals, including in home categories, and announced a high-profile musical event that will promote the main occasion.
Amazon Sets Expanded Prime Day For July 15
With the event this year expanded to 48 hours, Amazon will launch its annual Prime Day at midnight Pacific Time on Monday, July 15.
Numerator: Amazon Prime Day Connecting With Consumers
According to market research firm Numerator, a fifth of households across the U.S. will take part in Amazon Prime Day this year, an event that continues to help the company connect with consumers.
Survey: Amazon Enjoys Prime Day Lift, But So Do Rivals
Prime Day has become an event, according to market research firm A.T. Kearney, with 63% of Amazon.com customers planning their participation in the promotion four days before its launch, but that doesn’t mean the e-tailer is the only company that benefited from the occasion.
Amazon Profit Surges In Q2
It was another strong quarter for Amazon as the Internet giant continued on its profit streak, topping over $2 billion for the first time.
Amazon: Prime Day Sales Surpass Cyber Monday, Black Friday
Despite technical difficulties that had Amazon.com offline intermittently during Prime Day, the company said its annual online summer sale day was a success with sales surpassing Cyber Monday and Black Friday.
Amazon Prime Day Connection Problems Waning
Downdetector.com has reported that the problems Amazon.com has suffered with outages on its website have fallen significantly since peaking shortly after the start of Prime Day yesterday, July 16, at 3 p.m. eastern time.
As Prime Day Begins, Amazon’s Site Crashes
Amazon’s annual Prime Day went live at 3 p.m. EDT, and soon after the website crashed.
Housewares Key In eBay Counter Prime Day Promotion
As retailers launch promotions to counter Amazon.com’s Prime Day marketing extravaganza, eBay has released a list of products it is discounting as part of what it calls its summer sale.
Lamps Plus Mobile Video Touts Amazon Marketplace Deals
Lamps Plus, a long-time Marketplace participant, will launch its first Amazon mobile video ad campaign next Tuesday, July 17, which happens to be this year’s version of the e-tailer’s annual Prime Day.
Target.com Sets One-Day Sale To Combat Amazon’s Prime Day
Target is going head-to-head with Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale with its own one-day sale on Target.com set for Tuesday, July 17.
Amazon Slates July 16 Start To Extended Prime Day
Prime Day is becoming bigger, Amazon.com said, in part by becoming longer.
Amazon’s Bezos Reveals Prime Service Has More Than 100 Million Members
In a letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO, detailed highlights of the 2017 fiscal year, and revealed that the company has exceeded 100 million paid Prime memberships worldwide just 13 years after the program’s launch.
Wayfair To Launch Way Day April 25
First, there was Amazon’s Prime Day and now Wayfair is debuting a special sale day of its own.
Amazon Q2 Sales Up, But Net Income Falls
Second quarter net sales at Amazon.com were up 25%, but the company reported declines in net income and earnings per share.
iRobot Raises 2017 Guidance As Q2 Revenue Grows
Robotic vacuum maker iRobot reported strong revenue growth in the second quarter, leading the company to raise its guidance for the remainder of the year.