Amazon US sales

Amazon says Prime Day orders beat last year's Black Friday

Amazon.com Inc said customers ordered 34.4 million items worldwide during its highly publicised Prime Day sale, breaking the record set by last year`s Black Friday sale.

Jul 17, 2015, 09:49 AM IST

Amazon's Prime Day draws big virtual crowd, frustrates some shoppers

Merchants participating in Amazon.com`s much-advertised "Prime Day" sale saw an 80 percent rise in U.S. sales from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from e-commerce researcher ChannelAdvisor, although the event also drew ire from some shoppers.

Jul 16, 2015, 09:32 AM IST