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Amazon Prime Day 2022 is officially over. And according to the company on Thursday, it was the “biggest Prime Day event in Amazon’s history.” Amazon stuck with its norm of not releasing total sales figures, but said that Prime members purchased more than 300 million items worldwide and “saved” over $1.7 billion.
According to Adobe, US e-commerce sales overall reached nearly $12 billion over July 12 and 13, surpassing last year’s Prime Day figure of $11 billion. On average, sales increased by 141% compared to an average June day. Products that saw the biggest discounts included toys at 15% off and apparel at 12% off. Electronics, TVs and computers saw smaller discounts, averaging at 8% or lower.
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Amazon said some of the bestsellers in the US this year included beauty products, diapers, toothbrushes, teeth-whitening strips, lunchboxes, clothes and vacuums. The bestselling tech products included the Apple Watch Series 7 and Beats headphones and earbuds. Some of Amazon’s own Echo, Fire TV and Blink devices were among the top-selling items as well.
Amazon also said more than 60,000 items were purchased per minute in the US during the two-day sale, while worldwide that figure reached 100,000 per minute.
Prime Day has been around for eight years and typically happens in July, except during the pandemic. In 2020 it got pushed back to October, and Amazon held the event in June in 2021.
The official Amazon Prime Day event is over, though some sales are still available.
