Prime Day

Prime Day Glitches Forced Amazon To Halt X-Border Sales
Prime Day Glitches Forced Amazon To Halt X-Border Sales
July 20, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon didn’t have enough servers to handle the demand on Prime Day, prompting it to run a front page that was scaled back. CNBC, citing internal...

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Five At Five: How Prime Day Helped Amazon — And Its Rivals
Five At Five: How Prime Day Helped Amazon — And Its Rivals
July 19, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage today digs into the results of Prime...

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Target Boasts Its Biggest Shopping Day Of The Year
Target Boasts Its Biggest Shopping Day Of The Year
July 19, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon wasn’t the only online retailer who had a record-breaking day on Tuesday (July 17) – Target also saw its highest single day of traffic...

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Wedbush Estimates Amazon Brought In $4.2B In Prime Day Sales
Wedbush Estimates Amazon Brought In $4.2B In Prime Day Sales
July 19, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon raked in $4.2 billion from shoppers during this year’s Prime Day event, which is an increase of 33 percent from last year’s Prime Day....

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Amazon Rivals Cash In On Prime Day
Amazon Rivals Cash In On Prime Day
July 19, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon saw its biggest Prime Day in the company’s history, with its larger retailers seeing a 54 percent increase in sales during the event. According...

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eBay To Lay Off Close To 300 California Workers
eBay To Lay Off Close To 300 California Workers
July 18, 2018  |  Personnel

eBay is gearing up to slash close to 300 jobs in California, with the cuts slated to be completed by July 20. According to a...

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Amazon Flirts With $900B Market Cap Amid Strong Prime Day Sales
Amazon Flirts With $900B Market Cap Amid Strong Prime Day Sales
July 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon flirted with the $900 billion market cap club Wednesday (July 18) after completing a successful Prime Day shopping event. In a press release, the...

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Amazon Prime Day Sales Up 89 Pct From 2017
Amazon Prime Day Sales Up 89 Pct From 2017
July 17, 2018  |  Amazon

Despite glitches in the early hours of Prime Day 2018, Amazon’s Prime Day sales event appears to be off to a strong start. Yahoo News,...

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Amazon Prime Day Gets Off To A (Very) Bumpy Start
Amazon Prime Day Gets Off To A (Very) Bumpy Start
July 17, 2018  |  Amazon

Well, they all can’t be home runs. Amazon — after weeks of hype, advertising and general excitement building around its annual shopping holiday Prime Day —...

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