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Amazon Teases Early Prime Day Deals as Sales Seasons Lengthen

June 17, 2024
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Walmart+ Week Set for June 17-23, Promises Members-Only Offers
Walmart // May 30, 2024

Walmart will hold its members-only event, Walmart+ Week, June 17 to 23. The event will feature seven days of offers and savings available to Walmart+ members, the retailer said in a Thursday (May 30) press release. “Additionally, we’re introducing our first-ever mystery offer, set to...

Amazon Prime Members Bagged $1 Billion in October Deal Day Savings
Retail // October 13, 2023

This week, Amazon and Walmart have been locked in intense competition, each striving to secure the loyalty and spending of shoppers.   On Wednesday (Oct 11), Amazon concluded its Prime Day event, and the results are in. Meanwhile, Walmart also concluded its event Thursday (Oct. 12),...

Consumers More Cost-Conscious During Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days
Retail // October 10, 2023

Shoppers are reportedly opting for affordable items during Amazon’s fall sale for Prime subscribers. Early data from the retailer’s Prime Big Deal Days event reveals that price-conscious shoppers are primarily gravitating towards low-cost kitchen gadgets and apparel instead of splurging on big-ticket items, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Oct....

Amazon’s Checkout-Free Retail Push Takes Aim at Walmart’s Brick-and-Mortar Dominance
Retail // September 22, 2023

In commerce, as in war, battles are seldom fought on one front alone. So it is no surprise that the jousting between Walmart and Amazon occurs across physical and eCommerce channels. Amazon, for its part, has just signaled that it is stepping up efforts to...

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Amazon Prime Members Bagged $1 Billion in October Deal Day Savings

October 13, 2023
This week, Amazon and Walmart have been locked in intense competition, each striving to secure the loyalty and spending of shoppers.   On Wednesday (Oct 11), Amazon concluded its Prime Day event, and the results are in. Meanwhile, Walmart also concluded its event Thursday (Oct. 12), and the results are pending. PYMNTS reached out to Walmart […]

Amazon’s Checkout-Free Retail Push Takes Aim at Walmart’s Brick-and-Mortar Dominance

September 22, 2023
In commerce, as in war, battles are seldom fought on one front alone. So it is no surprise that the jousting between Walmart and Amazon occurs across physical and eCommerce...

Data Brief: Amazon’s Prime Day Traffic Held Up While Walmart+ Weekend Fell 24%

August 31, 2022
The clash of the retail titans is largely spelled out by the success of their big annual sales events. In a year as bizarre as 2022 nothing should surprise us,...

Data Brief: Prime Day 2022 Shoppers Bought More Electronics Than Groceries

August 23, 2022
It’s hard to keep the world’s biggest eCommerce retailer down even in a troubled economy, and Prime Day tends to bear that out as it did in 2022, although inflation...

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Walmart+ Week Set for June 17-23, Promises Members-Only Offers

May 30, 2024
Walmart will hold its members-only event, Walmart+ Week, June 17 to 23. The event will feature seven days of offers and savings available to Walmart+ members, the retailer said in a Thursday (May 30) press release. “Additionally, we’re introducing our first-ever mystery offer, set to be revealed on June 20,” Venessa Yates, general manager and […]

Consumers More Cost-Conscious During Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days

October 10, 2023
Shoppers are reportedly opting for affordable items during Amazon’s fall sale for Prime subscribers. Early data from the retailer’s Prime Big Deal Days event reveals that price-conscious shoppers are primarily...

Amazon Will Debut ‘Prime Big Deal Days’ Event in October

August 08, 2023
After a record-breaking Prime Day, Amazon is giving its sales event a sequel. The retail giant will offer Prime members an exclusive shopping event — dubbed “Prime Big Deal Days” — in October,...

Amazon Uses Prime Day Deals to Drive Traffic to Physical Stores

July 10, 2023
Amazon is offering Prime Day deals to draw shoppers to brick-and-mortar stores as well as its website. Both leading up to and during Prime Day, which begins Tuesday (July 11), Amazon Prime members...