Despite a slow start to the Prime Day summer sales event, U.S. online sales reached $24.1 billion with retailers offering deeper discounts than last year. https://t.co/iQUZqQlS2D https://t.co/iQUZqQlS2D ...

Prime Day Summer Sales Event Tops Forecasts To Reach $24.1 Billion In Online Saleshttps://t.co/F0VHdMjjph https://t.co/LGzA7kV4td ...

Group 1 - U.S. online sales increased by 9.9% year over year, reaching $7.9 billion on the first day of Amazon's Prime Day event [1][2] - This day marked the largest e-commerce day of the year, surpassing Thanksgiving online spending of $6.1 billion from the previous year [2] - Amazon's Prime Day, initiated in 2015, has prompted other retailers to launch competing sales events [2] Group 2 - Walmart began a six-day deals event on the same day as Amazon's Prime Day, while Target and Best Buy also launched their own promotions [3] - Strong demand was observed for home and outdoor goods during the first day of Amazon's discount event, according to industry insights [3]

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