Today in Data: Amazon’s Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day is here, and that means there are a lot of new developments coming from the eCommerce giant.

As it prepares its Amazon Air Cargo planes for all of the delivery orders, Amazon is slashing prices on its Echo and Echo Dot while launching a competition to Best Buy’s Geek Squad.

Here are the numbers:

40 | Number of jets leased from Atlas Air

50 percent | Discount on Amazon’s Echo

30 percent | Discount on Amazon’s Echo Dot

7 | Number of cities where Amazon will be offering up its own Alexa-infused Geek Squad

$500 million to $600 million | Amount of sales made in prior Amazon Prime Days