Amazon also said that on Monday and Tuesday it sold more Amazon devices — like the Echo Dot, the Fire TV Stick and Alexa Voice Remote — over a two-day period than it ever has before.
said it sold more than 175 million items during this year's Prime Day shopping event, more than its sales for the past Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
The online retailer, which didn't disclose an actual sales figure, called the two-day sale its "largest shopping event in Amazon history." It also said that on Monday and Tuesday it sold more Amazon devices — like the Echo Dot, the Fire TV Stick and Alexa Voice Remote — over a two-day period than it ever has before.
"We want to thank Prime members all around the world," said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. "Members purchased millions of Alexa-enabled devices, received tens of millions of dollars in savings by shopping from Whole Foods Market and bought more than $2 billion of products from independent small and medium-sized businesses. Huge thank you to Amazonians everywhere who made this day possible for customers.
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