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US online spending surges $24.1 billion as steep discounts boost sales, Adobe says
Retailers recorded online sales growth of 30.3 percent during events that included Amazon Prime Day, Adobe said on July 12, compared with its projections of 28.4 percent.
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Reuters - Sat, 12, Jul 2025
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FILE PHOTO: Packages are transported on a conveyor belt at the Amazon warehouse on Prime Day, in Melville, New York, U.S., July 11, 2023. / REUTERS/Soren Larson/File Photo
Online spending soared $24.1 billion across U.S. retailers during the stretch from July 8 to 11 – dubbed "Black Friday in Summer", outpacing Adobe Analytics' prior forecast, as eager shoppers rushed to snap up deep discounts on back-to-school essentials.
Retailers recorded online sales growth of 30.3 percent during events that included Amazon Prime Day, Adobe said on July 12, compared with its projections of 28.4 percent.
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Online retail sales in the U.S. rose 11 percent to $14.2 billion a year ago.
The Prime Day event has also been cemented as a "back-to-school" shopping moment, as consumers jumped on early deals to stock up on essentials and get ahead of the back-to-school rush, Adobe said.
Several major retailers including e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Walmart, Target as well as Best Buy have been launching deal events with strong discounts, encouraging shoppers to trade up on expensive items they might normally pass on.
Amazon.com extended its sales window to 96 hours, up from the typical 48, featuring aggressive promotions on categories ranging from apparel to electronics.
A wave of enticing deals comes at a time when heightened trade tensions amid the Trump administration's volatile tariff policies have rattled consumers and businesses, and as the new Aug.1 deadline for countries to renegotiate trade agreements with the United States looms.
According to the report, shopping on mobile was the dominant transaction channel during the Prime Day event, driving 53.2 percent of online sales, above Adobe's forecast of 52.5 percent.
According to Adobe, overall discounts across U.S. retailers were between 11 percent and 24 percent, compared with the prior forecast range of 10 percent to 24 percent.
Apparel had the biggest deals at 24 percent, compared with 20 percent last year, while electronics were at 23 percent, similar to last year.
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