Amazon Launches Prime Day With 50% Discounts as Rivals Match Deals Across Dozens of Categories
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Updated · ZDNet · Jun 23
Amazon Launches Prime Day With 50% Discounts as Rivals Match Deals Across Dozens of Categories
3 articles · Updated · ZDNet · Jun 23
Summary
More than 50% discounts appeared across Amazon Prime Day categories including TVs, laptops, tablets, headphones and home goods, with ZDNET tracking live offers as the sale opened.
Amazon paired product markdowns with membership incentives, extending its Prime free trial to 3 months from 1 month—about $27 in savings—and adding a $20 Audible credit.
Big-ticket deals highlighted in the roundup included a Samsung OLED TV at $1,998 from $4,298, a Hisense U7 TV at $999 from $1,999, and several devices priced under $20.
Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Costco and Sam's Club were also running competing discounts, widening the early-summer sales push beyond Amazon's own storefront.