Amazon Prime Day has become the Black Friday of the summer, and the days leading up to it are a media frenzy. This year, the event ran from July 15-16. Here are nine fast facts about it:
1. Typically Prime Day has only lasted a day to a day and a half, but this year the sale lasted for a full two days. (Source: Quartz)
2. This was the most successful Prime Day; in fact, it was the biggest sales day in Amazon history. It beat the sales of Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined! (Source: Tech Crunch)
3. Worldwide, Prime members saved over one billion dollars on their purchases. (Source: BusinessWire)
4. This was also the "fastest" Prime Day ever with millions of items shipped in one day or less. (Source: Retail Dive)
5. Over 175 million items were purchased, totaling over two billion dollars in online sales. (Source: Android Headlines)
6. Large retailers (those with revenue over $1 billion) also offered discounts over the two-day period that resulted in a 68 percent jump in sales. (Source: CNN)
7. This was the fifth Prime Day. The first was introduced in 2015 to help celebrate Amazon’s 20th birthday. (Source: Business Insider)
8. The biggest win for Amazon was their increase in Prime memberships. More people registered on July 15 to become a Prime member than on any other day in Amazon history. July 16 also brought close to the same results. (Source: TechCrunch)
9. In celebration of such Prime Day success, CEO Jeff Bezos climbed Amazon spheres, a group of glass-enclosed structures outside of the Seattle headquarters. He wore climbing gear and an Amazon hard hat and held a sign that said “thank you.” (Source: Business Insider)
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