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#prime day

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E-Tailing

Jul 23, 20181 min read

First time’s charm – Amazon’s Prime Day success in Singapore

Prime day, Amazon’s own one-day-only retail holiday, was introduced in 2015 to overtake the well-established Black Friday and Cyber Monday and become the sales event of the year. The student has now surpassed the master as the number of ordered items by prime…

E-Tailing

Jul 19, 20184 min read

Amazon Prime Day fizzles yet retailer expects membership growth

Amazon is hoping for record Prime Day sales and sign-ups to Prime memberships in Australia, even after its website crashed at the beginning of the event. The online retailer experienced ‘technical glitches’, as well as some disappointed Australian consumers,…