Amazon Prime day, 100 million products sold – Internet and Social

A day and a half of shopping, more than a million offers worldwide, more than 100 million products purchased. These are the figures of Amazon Prime Day that surpbaded sales – a note to know – Cyber ​​Monday, Black Friday and the previous Prime Day of the company.

In the wake of the sales boom, the monster of Jeff Bezos salt in the stock market. Securities increase 0.24% and update the new historical records, allowing Amazon to become the second company after Apple to reach the threshold of a $ 900 billion market capitalization, before it 's collapse.

Bestsellers Worldwide, the Echo devices, that is, the virtual salon badistants developed by Amazon, and more generally the smart home appliances of the giant Seattle, were sold to a million. For the first time, members of Prime US were able to take advantage of the Whole Foods Market which offers the food chain purchased by Amazon. According to the company data, major customers have purchased more than five million items in each of the following categories: toys, cosmetics, computers and computer accessories, clothing and kitchenware.

Among the 17 countries where After shopping, there is also Italy: among the best-selling products in our country there are tablets for the dishwasher and the Fire TV stick, the Amazon key to access television content.

A shopping event that Italian customers expect every year more and more, even small and medium-sized businesses have had a lot of success, "says Mariangela Marseglia, Country Manager Amazon.it and Amazon.es. Small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon have reported sales of more than $ 1 billion during this first day, the company said.