Amazon Prime Day Is Here: The Best Travel Gear Deals and How To Maximize Credit Card Rewards – Upgraded Points
Amazon Prime Day is here, kicking off two days of online shopping sales for Prime members in over 48 countries. With inflation still high, Amazon continues to expand the size of Prime Day. This year’s event is expected to generate $14 billion in sales According to Adobe Analytics.¹ In addition to many discounted items, we […]
How Amazon Prime Day has transformed online shopping
Amazon Prime Day, dubbed “Black Friday in July” by online shoppers, kicks off its 10th annual discount sale at midnight Tuesday, an event that experts say has transformed the way online retailers do business. The primary goal of Amazon Prime Day was to solve a problem that has plagued retailers for years: getting consumers to […]
Amazon Prime Day spending expected to surpass $14B, breaking record
Data analytics firm Adobe said on Monday that shoppers could spend a record $14 billion during Amazon’s two-day online sale this week, known as Prime Day. The shopping frenzy, which begins on Tuesday, is expected to be about 10.5 percent higher than last year and will serve as a key barometer of the crucial back-to-school […]
Tucson Gets Bad News From Amazon
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The city gets fifteen-dollar jobs from Amazon while other cities get the company’s six-figure jobs. Local news outlets were all aflutter about Amazon recently announcing that it would be hiring hundreds of workers at $15.50 per hour for its sortation center near the Tucson airport. That’s actually bad news. What […]
Tucson v. Arlington on Immigration and Amazon
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Musings and questions from a left-wing socialist who is also a right-wing supremacist. Americans are so divided on immigration and other issues that one risks being typecast as either a left-wing socialist or a right-wing supremacist for daring to send something around that one side or the other dislikes. Given that […]
Amazon must comply with US agency’s probe on claims that company discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers
A New York federal judge has ordered online retailer Amazon to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. civil rights agency investigating claims that the company discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers. U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan late Thursday rejected Amazon’s arguments that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) subpoena was overly broad and […]
Get these 20 tech items on sale during Amazon Prime’s early deal days
Take advantage of Amazon’s sales and save money on some new tech for your life. (iStock) Amazon Prime Week is the perfect time to upgrade your tech, with hundreds of dollars off everything from TVs to cameras to home security so you can finally get your hands on that tech you’ve always wanted. We’ve rounded […]
Amazon Prime To Launch Series About Muhammad Ali, And You Better Believe I’ll Be In Front Of The Screen For This
Time to make sure you have enough popcorn in stock. Muhammad Ali’s legacy first time John F. Kennedy, known as one of the greatest boxers of all time, has given the go ahead for a drama series about arguably the greatest boxer of all time. The show will be distributed by Amazon Prime. Muhammad’s widow, […]
8 smart home devices on sale for Amazon Prime Day
Upgrade your home tech with Amazon Prime sales. (iStock) Want to transform your home into a space filled with smart technology that’s fun and easy to use? Look no further. Prime Day is coming! Amazon has a wide selection of smart home products to turn your home into a tech-forward networked appliance, from Ring doorbells […]
Amazon Prime Day 2024: Expert tips for best deals
Amazon’s Prime Day 48-hour sale begins on Tuesday, July 16 at 3am ET/12am PT and ends on Wednesday, July 17. This is Amazon’s 10th Prime Day event, and while the company hasn’t revealed the exact number of items that will be on sale, over the past few years, millions of items have been sold at […]