Amazon's Prime Day event was a record-breaker, with U.S. shoppers spending $12.7B during the two-day sale event, a 6.1% increase in sales year-over-year. Shoppers purchased more than 375 million items during the sale. The average order size was $54.05. - Amazon's shares rose as much as 2.1% in pre-market trading on Thursday.
- The first day of Amazon's Prime Day event saw U.S. sales rise nearly 6% year-over-year to $6.4B.
- Consumers spent $6.3B on the second day of the Prime Day event, up 6.4% year-over-year.
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