Retailers log $7.9 billion in online sales in first 24 hours of Prime Day

An Amazon employee works to fulfill same-day orders during Cyber Monday, one of the company's busiest days at an Amazon fulfillment center on December 2, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.U.S. online sales jumped 9.9% year over year to $7.9 billion on Tuesday, the kickoff of Amazon's Prime Day megasale, according to Adobe Analytics.At that level, it marks the "single biggest e-commerce day so far this year," Adobe said. It also eclipsed total online spending during Thanksgiving last year, when sales on the holiday r ...