Amazon Officially Announces Prime Day for 2020
There had been plenty of rumours floating around the eCommerce space over the last few weeks about a suspected date and announcement for Amazon Prime Day 2020. Coming after the expected date of July got cancelled due to the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. However the rumours have been confirmed, Amazon have officially announced that 2020 will […]
Amazon Confirms Delay Of Prime Day 2020
Amazon delays Prime Day 2020, according to an email the company sent to third-party sellers. The email advises marketplace sellers to use the week of October 5 as a “placeholder date” for Prime Day, but also cautions that the “exact Prime Day dates have not been announced.” “A definitive date will be announced as we […]
Amazon Plans Fashion Summer Sales Event Starting June 22
With Prime Day likely moving further back into the Summer or early Fall, Amazon still plans to jump-start the summer season with a sale. CNBC reports that Amazon has notified invited sellers that it will host a summer sale expected to last 7 to 10 days. “We are having the Biggest Summer Sale event to […]
Amazon Prime Day Likely to Move to September in 2020
In April, a report suggested that Amazon will hold its annual summer shopping sale in August, moving it from its traditional July timeslot. Due to coronavirus pandemic enacted stay-at-home orders, shoppers quickly overburdened Amazon’s operations as consumers changed from buying locally to online. To date, the company still has not fully recovered. Despite most states […]
Report: Amazon to Delay Prime Day Summer Sales Event to August
Reuters reports that Amazon is considering postponing its summer Prime Day event until at least August, according to internal meeting notes seen by the news service. Also, apparently the meeting notes reveal that Amazon “…expects a potential $100-million hit from devices it may have to sell at a discount,” which includes the popular voice-controlled Echo […]
Teikametrics Survey Claims Prime Day Discounts May Not Be Necessary
Now that Prime Day 2019 is in the books and online sellers are tallying up their sales, many are wondering if they did as well as they could have. Especially those small business sellers that sell on the Amazon marketplace are looking for insights into their sales compared to others on the platform. Amazon advertising […]
Amazon Prime Day surpassed Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined
This year, Prime Day was once again the largest shopping event in Amazon history with over one million deals exclusively for Prime members. Over the two days of Prime Day, on July 15 and 16, sales surpassed the previous Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. Prime members purchased over 175 million items throughout the event. […]
Adobe Analytics – Day one of Prime Day sees other retailers winning too
Based on Adobe Analytics data, the first day of Prime Day saw a substantial increase in online spending in the US, suggesting that Amazon is no longer the sole winner of the summer shopping holiday. Large retailers ($1B+ annual revenue) saw a 64% increase in sales versus an average Monday, compared to last year’s 54%. […]
eBay video ad digs at Amazon Prime Day with ‘Honest Alexa’
eBay released a video ad on Thursday taking another swipe at Amazon Prime day. When Amazon revealed the Prime Day date for this year, eBay announced a competing sale dubbed the “Crash Sale.” READ MORE: eBay announces Crash Sale for July 15 taking a dig at Amazon eBay dubbed their sale “Crash Sale” to make […]
Amazon Prime Day: How small businesses can compete with large manufacturers on this day
Amazon Prime Day is a worldwide sale on Amazon held annually around the second week of July. Amazon Prime Day 2018 sales hit $4.19 billion globally during the 36 hour event. That’s up about 74% from 2017. In 2017, it was estimated that sales grew 60% over the prior year. Even if 2019 doesn’t grow […]