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Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spending online on Cyber Monday is set to exceed $12 billion, a record, as bargain hunters snap up deals on items including Barbie dolls, Lego sets, headphones and smart watches, according to preliminary estimates from Adobe Digital Insights. The estimate projects U.S. shoppers will spend $12 billion-$12.4 billion on Cyber Monday, the biggest U.S. online shopping day. At the top end, this would represent an 9.7% increase compared to the $11.3 billion spent on Cyber Monday last year. Walmart, eager to capture market share, slashed prices on Sunday night, joining the trend of retailers' early discounts on major shopping days. On Monday, Walmart stepped up discounts on some clothing to 60%, up from the 50% it offered on Black Friday.

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Spending online on Cyber Monday is set to reach as much as $12.4 billion, according to Adobe Digital Insights, which tracks data through Adobe's Experience Cloud service for e-commerce platforms. Last-minute shoppers on Monday could spend $4 billion between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST alone, it said. Other firms use different measurements to gauge purchases on Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year in the United States. Salesforce, which tracks data flowing through its Commerce Cloud e-commerce service, said online sales on Cyber Monday were up by 4% by 4 p.m. EST, hitting $7 billion by late afternoon. Walmart, eager to capture market share, slashed prices on Sunday night, joining the trend of retailers' early discounts on major shopping days.

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☆ Deal-hunters fuel $12 billion Cyber Monday shopping spree
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Acquire Licensing RightsNov 27 (Reuters) - After a busy holiday shopping weekend, discount seekers are expected to spend between a record $12 billion and $12.4 billion on beauty products, electronics, toys and apparel on Cyber Monday, according to Adobe Analytics. Heavy online traffic and transactions could add up to a boost in sales by U.S. shoppers of 5.4% or more, according to Adobe. Shoppers spent $10.3 billion in the weekend leading up to Cyber Monday, up 7.7% from last year as retailers offered more discounts compared to last year. More merchandise was being discounted in the weekend leading up to Cyber Monday, according to a report from LSEG. Walmart (WMT.N) , eager to capture market share, slashed prices on Sunday night, joining the trend of retailers' early discounts on major shopping days.

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☆ Price-sensitive US shoppers nab early 'Cyber Monday' deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Workers select and pack items during Cyber Monday at the Amazon fulfilment center in Robbinsville Township in New Jersey, U.S., November 28, 2022. Heavy online traffic and transactions could add up to a record $12 billion outlay by U.S. shoppers on Cyber Monday, according to Adobe Analytics. "You have consumers out there who are very price-sensitive and conscientious, and who want to make sure they get the very best possible deal." Walmart (WMT.N) , eager to capture market share, slashed prices on Sunday night, joining the trend of retailers' early discounts on major shopping days. Last-minute shoppers on Monday could spend $4 billion between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

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☆ Over half of employees have no idea how their companies are using AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Deborah Kong | Nbc East Coast Page | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Over half of employees (54%) say they have no idea how their company is using AI, according to a new survey conducted by UKG, a human resources and workforce technology company. That's despite the fact that the majority of C-suite leaders (78%) say that their company is using artificial intelligence today, according to UKG. Employees should be worried: 68% of C-suite respondents said their company has made AI decisions that are not in employees' best interests. In fact, executives that responded to the survey estimated that 56% of their workforce is directly using AI to automate or augment job tasks. Meanwhile, among workers already transparently using AI, 75% say it makes them more efficient, productive, and accurate.

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☆ On Amazon, eBay, and Shopify, AI is the new third-party seller
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Did AI help in the process of convincing you to spend? We do know for sure that getting a leg up on the competition is getting easier for e-commerce platform sellers through the latest AI. Amazon, for example, recently rolled out a generative AI tool to help sellers write more robust and effective product descriptions. Here's what sellers need to know about using AI to sell more effectively. Customers will find more complete product information, as the new technology will help sellers provide richer information with less effort," the company stated.

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However, the fall Prime event might have better prices for home goods. In fact, the best prices happened on days that were not key shopping event days. Regardless, the July Prime event offered a deeper discount to shoppers when compared to last year's October Prime sale and Super Saturday. The product did go on sale during last October's Prime member event and this past July's Prime sale, but the discounts were not as deep. Downloads of Amazon's shopping app have declined steadily during each subsequent Prime member shopping event since Amazon's Prime Days in July 2021, according to data intelligence platform Apptopia, which tracks mobile app usage for brands like Amazon.

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Learn moreAmazon has kicked off the holiday season with its second Prime Day of the year. Below, we've highlighted more great Prime Day discounts that we're not waiting for Black Friday or Cyber Monday to snag. And for even more deals, check out our live blog featuring all of the best Prime Day deals. Top 5 Prime Day deals to grab before Black FridayTop Prime Day tech deals we're not waiting to buy on Black FridayTop Prime Day home and kitchen deals we're not waiting to buy on Black FridayAre Prime Day deals better than Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Black Friday and Cyber Monday are expected to offer some bigger deals on apparel, mattresses, and direct-to-consumer goods, but Prime Day sales like Amazon's Prime Big Day Deals event are particularly great for finding all-time low prices on items like smart home devices and various Amazon-branded goods and services.

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☆ Amazon hires former Microsoft product chief to oversee devices unit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Panos Panay, chief product officer of Microsoft Corp., displays the new Surface Laptop 3 computer during a Microsoft product event in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Former Microsoft product chief Panos Panay will join Amazon later this year to oversee its devices and services unit, the company said Wednesday. Panay will replace longtime Amazon devices head Dave Limp, who announced last month he'd step down from his role in the coming months after more than 13 years at the company. Panay will start at Amazon at the end of October, and Limp will stay on to assist with the transition. Panay is joining Amazon at a precarious moment for its devices and services division.

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Limp joins Blue Origin at a key phase of the company's multiple space projects. Earlier this year Blue Origin won a $3.4 billion NASA contract to build a lunar lander for the agency's astronauts. However, Blue Origin has since hired aggressively. Read Bezos' message to Blue Origin employees on Monday:I'm excited to share that Dave Limp will join Blue starting December 4th as CEO, replacing Bob, who has elected to step aside on January 2. JeffRead Smith's message to Blue Origin employees:Team Blue, It's been about six years since I joined Blue Origin.

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☆ Amazon gives Alexa an AI facelift as it launches new smart speakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon introduced a "smarter and more conversational" version of its Alexa voice assistant that the company hopes will bolster its position in the tech industry's artificial intelligence race. In his final keynote address at the event on Wednesday, Amazon's devices chief Dave Limp showed off a demo of an updated Alexa that's freshly equipped with features powered by generative AI. From an event space at its new second headquarters in northern Virginia, Amazon showed a montage in which Alexa users were seen asking an Echo smart speaker for information such as the "best dates to travel to Puerto Rico." Similar to ChatGPT or other generative AI applications, Alexa will be able to compose messages for users and send them on their behalf. As an example, Amazon showed an invitation that Alexa wrote to a friend, asking the person to come over for a football game.

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☆ Amazon devices unit morale wanes amid cuts, weak development pipeline
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Amazon hopes consumers will install Alexa-enabled devices in more rooms of their homes and become accustomed to using the system throughout the day, the sources said. Amazon has said its devices and services business is not profitable, without providing figures. Amazon is set to name as successor Microsoft's Panos Panay who oversaw development of the Surface, according to Bloomberg. Alexa employees were included in rounds of layoffs beginning last year resulting in 27,000 job cuts across Amazon. For years, Amazon has said it can sell devices for close to production cost and see a profit through services offered on them.

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What is the Prime Big Deal Days event? Despite 'Prime Day 2' being right there, Amazon has this time gone for 'Prime Big Deal Days,' but it is, for all intents and purposes, a second bite at Prime Day. We're already looking at what deals are available today on our Prime Day pets deals and Prime Day headphone deals guides. If you want a peek into what deals we saw in some other categories during the Prime Day event in July (fingers crossed they make a comeback), check out what we found for Prime Day gaming deals, Prime Day beauty deals, and Prime Day furniture deals. Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial New and eligible returning members can try Prime for 30 days, free.

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☆ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy now has 16 direct reports. See the growing and evolving list here, including a newly promoted executive from Alexa.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently expanded his group of direct reports. Jassy has added at least 8 new executives to his direct reports since becoming CEO in 2021. Amazon recently created a new AI group that reports to CEO Andy Jassy. In his 2 years since becoming CEO, Jassy has added or replaced at least 8 executives in his top leadership team. (Jassy's direct reports are different from the S-team, a group of more than two dozen most senior decision-makers at Amazon).

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☆ Amazon reveals the top-selling item during its Prime Day extravaganza: Temptations cat treats.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Numerator analysis found that cat treats were the top-selling item during Prime Day 2023. Numerator said that this year, the typical Prime Day shopper was a high-income suburban woman between the ages of 35 and 44. On top of being a long-time Prime member, she had been aware of Prime Day before shopping its sales and had participated in Prime Day shopping in previous years. The top five best-selling items during Prime Day, in order, were: Temptations Cat Treats, an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Liquid I.V. Most households placed at least two orders during this year's Prime Day and spent around $155.67 total during the two days.

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Prime Day 2023 ends tonight and we're still working hard to round up all the best deals of day 2. Down to $164.99, this Prime Day price matches the record low we saw for Black Friday. On select sizes and colors, you can get up to 60% off, the lowest Prime Day price to date. Even with a newer C3 model out this year, this remains a better value, especially at this current Prime Day deal price. This Prime Day deal is the best price we've ever seen, and it's only available by invite for Prime members during Amazon Prime Day.

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Down to $164.99, this Prime Day price matches the record low we saw for Black Friday. $10.14 from Amazon Originally $25.00 Save 59%Prime Day deals: StyleWe've got you covered for head-to-toe deals across the fashion world today. This Prime Day deal is the best price we've ever seen, and it's only available by invite for Prime members during Amazon Prime Day. $12.99 from Amazon Originally $23.99 Save 46%More Prime Day dealsDeal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. You'll also get a bonus of $10 with this Prime Day deal when you use the code "HAPPY" and spend $50.

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Lowest Price Amazon Kindle (2022) The latest basic Kindle device doubles the storage compared to the previous generation. Lowest Price Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (11th Generation) The new Kindle Paperwhite has a 6.8” display with thinner borders and an adjustable warm light. Lowest Price Amazon Kindle Oasis (8GB) Amazon revolutionized the e-reader with the Kindle Oasis' daring design, great page-turn buttons, sharp screen, and giant ebook library. Down to $164.99, this Prime Day price matches the record low we saw for Black Friday. Lowest Price Amazon Kindle Scribe with Basic Pen (16GB) Scribe is the first Kindle e-reader to support handwritten notes, using the included pen.

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Limited-Time Deal Amazon Music Unlimited (Prime Member Plan) Amazon Music Unlimited lets you stream more than 90 million songs ad-free and millions of podcasts. $16.99 from Amazon Originally $29.99 Save 43%Prime Day deals: AudioDeal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Deal Amazon Echo Buds (2023) If you need a new pair of wireless earbuds with decent sound, try the newest Echo Buds. $279.99 from Amazon Originally $499.99 Save 44%Prime Day deals: BeautyDeal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. $145.00 from Amazon Originally $210.00 Save 31%More Prime Day dealsDeal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.

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Are you looking for the best Amazon Prime Day deals? Some of these deals are open to everyone, but once Prime Day properly lands, you must be a Prime member to enjoy these exclusive discounts. If you want to browse the entire selection yourself, then you can see the Prime Day landing page over at Amazon. Prime Day deals: AudioDeal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Prime Day deals: ComputingLenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook This convertible 2-in-1 Lenovo Chromebook offers considerable value for the specs.

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☆ A new book reveals how Amazon used 'shady' strategies at its bookstores to drive up Prime subscriptions
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Jason Del Rey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The following excerpt reveals how Amazon attempted to utilize its physical bookstores to bolster Amazon Prime and its other digital subscription services — in sometimes unethical ways. Among them were bookstores, under the name Amazon Books, which first opened to the public in 2015. Prior to the pandemic, store customers could view one of the free trial offers on a screen in front of them. Amazon spokesperson Jordan Deagle told me that there was no corporate mandate to increase sign-ups for free trials of Amazon subscriptions. The e-commerce giant just couldn't break away from its digital DNA, even in a physical store setting.

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☆ 2023 Amazon Prime Day dates confirmed, early deals, and how to get a $99 4K TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Brendan Griffiths | Senior Commerce Director | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon has just confirmed the Prime Day dates for this year's summer sale, along with announcing a range of early deals you can shop already right now. Amazon Prime Day 2023 will occur over 48 hours on July 11th and 12th. Expect fresh Prime Day deals to land on the second day, and new Lightning Deals will be unleashed throughout the event. Amazon's invite-only Prime Day dealsAmazon has said that the broader Prime Day deals will include top discounts from brands like Lancôme, Kérastase, Peloton, Victoria's Secret, YETI, The Drop, Sony, D'Amelio Footwear, OPI, and Alo Yoga. Early Prime Day deal highlightsAmazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial New and eligible returning members can try Prime for 30 days, free.

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☆ Amazon targets 2024 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon's satellite internet unit, Project Kuiper, will begin mass-producing the satellites later this year, the company said. The 2024 deployment target would keep Amazon on track to fulfill a regulatory mandate to launch half its entire Kuiper network of 3,236 satellites by 2026. Amazon plans to launch a pair of prototype satellites early this year aboard a new rocket from the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture United Launch Alliance. The 2024 launch, carrying the initial production satellites, is expected to be the first of many more in a swift deployment campaign using rockets Amazon procured in 2021 and 2022. The company on Tuesday also revealed a slate of three different terminals, or antennas, that will connect customers with its Kuiper satellites in orbit.

☆ Amazon still 'fully committed' to Alexa despite job cuts, hardware chief says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Annie Palmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The company's devices and services organization, which oversees the development of products such as Alexa, Echo smart speakers and Kindle e-readers, was among the groups affected. Still, Amazon remains "fully committed" to the Alexa unit despite the company taking steps to be more disciplined with costs in "a very uncertain economy," Limp said. At one point, Amazon had 5,000 people working on Alexa and Echo. Amazon has sold devices such as the Echo at or near cost because its goal isn't to make money from them. The prices of some commodities used in Amazon devices, such as memory and displays, has increased, and those could get passed along to consumers, he said.

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