Amazon ( NASDAQ: AMZN ) announced that Prime members purchased more than 300M items worldwide during Prime Day 2022 to make the event the single biggest Prime Day event in its history.
The e-commerce giant said small and medium-sized businesses did well, with sales growth in Amazon’s store outpacing Amazon's retail business. Customers spent over $3B on more than 100M small business items included in the Support Small Businesses to Win Big sweepstakes.
Prime Day wrapup: Amazon Prime members worldwide purchased more than 100,000 items per minute during this year's Prime Day event. Some of the best-selling categories worldwide this Prime Day were Amazon Devices, Consumer Electronics, and Home. Some of the best-selling items worldwide this Prime Day were from premium beauty brands, including Laneige and NuFace; Apple Watch Series 7; diapers and wipes from Pampers ( PG ) and The Honest Company ( HNST ); kitchen essentials from Rachael Ray, Le Creuset, and Hamilton Beach; VTech and LeapFrog toys; Vital Proteins Collagen Whey; Levi Strauss ( LEVI ) apparel and accessories; Chemical Guys car wash products; and pet products from Nutro, Temptations, and Greenies.
Shares of AMZN fell 0.14% in premarket action on Thursday.
Amazon ( AMZN ) was included in Seeking Alpha's Catalyst Watch this week with the Prime Day event seen attraction attention.
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Amazon sets record with Prime Day Sales; Levi's, P&G and Honest Co. are also winners