Strong rumors are that Amazon will cancel this summer their Prime Day event due to superb profits already and big load of all their centers.
Cancelling this event will also help to destroy many small businesses who either cover deals or resell items locally later.
Amazon intentionally leaked information that Prime Day will be moved to mid-late September, so with uncoming second wave time they will ahve credible reason to cancel it.
2020 will be first year where we'll see full "glory" of Amazon as monopoly, it is expected that they'll do second big affilate payments cut (they made first one already!) as well as will rise their margins on multiple popular items.
CNBC claims to have seen a document outlining plans for a “summer sale,” tentatively named “Biggest Sale in the Sky,” that would be used to “jump-start” sales for sellers hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fashion-oriented campaign would supposedly start June 22nd and last for seven to 10 days, with discounts of “at least” 30 percent for merchandise in the sale.
Rumors are that Amazon got offer they can't decline and that new sales event happend due to rising protests.
After weeks of leaks suggesting a possible postponement to August, then to September, but never without the titan of online commerce confirming anything, it is finally by an email addressed to third-party sellers. Prime Day, the big promotion festival in mid-July won't take place this summer. Amazon does not wish to give a new date, but still invites the sellers to reserve the week of October 5 in case.
Amazon Prime Day will be delayed in the US, the company announced today. The annual shopping event, which promises discounts for Amazon Prime members, is usually held in mid-July, but Amazon has now confirmed that it intends to hold the event “later than usual” this year. The company did not set a new date
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