Prime Day

Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) annual Prime Day event this week-- the first time it stretched 48 hours -- was the "largest shopping event in Amazon history." The company said it was larger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. Amazon: Record Highs Prime members across 18...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) executives may want to hold off celebrating Prime Day as the European Union confirmed a formal antitrust investigation. What Happened The E.U. will explore if Amazon is gaining an unfair advantage by operating a marketplace where independent companies can sell their...

Retail sales rose for a fourth consecutive month in June, according data released by the government Tuesday. Not surprisingly, internet retailers were significant contributors to that monthly growth. Adding to the retail bullishness is that those June sales do not include the stellar numbers posted...

Every year, Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Day brings forth two stark realities – an exhilarating "offers galore" day for consumers and harrowing long hours of work that Amazon workers put in to make sure those deliveries go out right and in time. However, over the last few years, workers...

Worldwide sellers taking part in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s annual Prime Day saw the biggest 24-hour sales day in Amazon history, the e-commerce platform said in a press release. Members in the U.S. saved hundreds of millions of dollars on items for sale, and there is...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s annual Prime Day selling event kicked off Monday and goes through Tuesday. Consumers looking for a great deal should consider looking at rival retailers that are looking to take away some share of Amazon's sales by offering even better deals. What's On...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s 48-hour Prime Day sales event is a "big deal" for the entire retail sector, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets' Edward Yruma. Yruma: Amazon Faces Competition Amazon deserves credit for starting a new industrywide sales event in July, but other...

Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Day kicks off Monday, July 15 and is a two-day celebration of one of America's favorite hobbies: retail consumption. By essentially all accounts, Prime Day will eclipse previous records and do so easily — and that is likely one reason why shares...

Few companies in the world can succeed in making up their own holiday to jolt sales. One of those companies is Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) whose annual "Prime Day" sale kickstarts Monday. With the stock trading close to a $1-trillion valuation, the company may feel some pressure from...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has encountered many defining moments in its quarter century of reshaping American commerce. Beginning in the wee hours of Monday morning, another of those moments will be upon it. At 2:59 AM eastern time July 15, Amazon will unleash "Prime Day," the online ordering...

International pop star Lady Gaga introduced a new line of beauty products, Haus Laboratories, in a video, and J. Rogers Kniffen Worldwide's Jan Kniffen said it should be a success.  Gaga's Beauty Brands Lady Gaga's reputation is stellar, and she's "never gotten...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will provide its Prime members the chance to get “epic deals” during its longest Prime Day ever on July 15 and 16. Amazon says Prime Day will run for 48 hours, offering its Prime members two full days with deals and limited offers as well as “never-...

As portended by the early site crash, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s fourth annual Prime Day marked the e-commerce site’s biggest shopping event in history. What To Know The 36-hour sale saw a record number of Prime members across 17 countries capitalize on more than 1 million deals...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s virtual store suffered a virtual stampede on its virtual version of Black Friday. What Happened Online shoppers flocked to the site for more than 1 million Prime Day specials at the Amazon high holiday’s official 3 p.m. ET start. But as traffic likely...

Investors who assume Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s annual Prime Day is merely intended to provide a revenue boost are mistaken, a Canaccord Genuity analyst said during a Monday cable TV interview. The Analyst Canaccord Genuity's Michael Graham was a guest on CNBC's "...