While it's already enjoying the commercial success of Prime Day and Black Friday (week), Amazon is also launching a new shopping and sales event to mark on your fall calendars. Today, September 26, Amazon announced that the event, called the Prime Early Access Sale, will take place on October 11, starting at 12 a.m. PDT and continuing through October 12.
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The 48-hour Prime Early Access Sale event will run in 15 countries: US, UK, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.
Amazon said there will be hundreds of thousands of deals on offer, with brands like Samsung, Philips, Peloton, iRobot, and KitchenAid participating, among other vendors. As you might have guessed, Amazon will also be in on the action with some big deals. There will be discounts on Amazon, Alexa devices, and Fire TVs of up to 80%.
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Although the event is exclusive to Prime members, there's nothing stopping you from signing up for a 30-day trial, for example, and then choosing not to continue with the subscription.
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Jamil Ghani, vice president of Amazon Prime, said the event will be "an exclusive opportunity for members to get deep discounts on top brands that we know they're looking for this time of year."
Information source: zdnet.com
