Customers seeking deals give Amazon’s Prime Day, competing sales a solid start

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2 thoughts on “Customers seeking deals give Amazon’s Prime Day, competing sales a solid start

  1. I find it both interesting and perplexing that the media gives free publicity to a for profit enterprise that is arguably responsible for the closure of thousands of small businesses throughout our country. What is it about the behemoth Amazon that warrants let alone deserves this treatment?

    1. Amazon doesn’t need free publicity. It’s almost like reporting on the stock market, or the federal government.

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