Amazon sales event Prime Day debuts in Singapore on July 16
Shoppers here have from midday July 16 to midnight July 17 to pick up bargains across product categories
Singapore
THE e-commerce war in Singapore was supercharged on Tuesday with news that Amazon will launch its largest sales event, Prime Day, in the Republic for the first time.
Prime Day, a highly-anticipated shopping event, the timing of which Amazon usually reveals only closer to the day, will occur a day after the frenzy of the 2018 Fifa World Cup final. Online bargain hunters will have 36 hours - from the midday of July 16 to the midnight of July 17 (Singapore time) - to shop.
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