Members worldwide purchased more than 175 million items, from devices to groceries and more, throughout Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day 2019 surpassed Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Source: shutterstock.com
This year, Amazon Prime Day was the largest shopping event in Amazon history with more than 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 more than 175 million items throughout the event.
Prime Day was also the biggest event ever for Amazon devices, when comparing two-day periods – top-selling deals worldwide were Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, and Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote.
Company’s global highlights from Prime Day 2019:
- Prime members worldwide saved more than one billion dollars throughout Prime Day.
- Members in 18 countries shopped – double the number since the first Prime Day five years ago.
- Amazon welcomed more new Prime members on July 15 than any previous day, and almost as many on July 16 – making these the two biggest days ever for member signups.
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