Ready to start your Christmas shopping in July?

AMAZON Prime day has become an annual shopping event rivaling BLACK FRIDAY in numbers of dollars spent. Amazon just announced its sale will start on July 15 just after midnight Pacific Time and run for 48 hours. Tha’s the longest Prime Day sale ever, up from 36 hours last year.

eBay is not going to let Amazon give all the deals away during Prime Day. They have a much long counter sale planned.

From CNET.COM:

eBay is planning three weeks of deals, culminating with its Crash Sale. Kicking off during the first week of July, eBay’s July 4th Savings will feature up to 85% off kitchen appliances, camping gear and robotic vacuums. Its Hot Deals for Hot Days sale will feature new deals offering 80% off products each day, including smart home devices and other home appliances.

eBay is promising discounts of up to 80 percent on items from Apple, Samsung, Garmin, and others.

Not to be outdone, Target is challenging Amazon Prime Day with Deal Days. Target is offering “discounts on hundreds of thousands of items.”

From CNBC.COM:

Target is having “deal days” on July 15 and 16, where it said it will have thousands of deals on items including on its in-house apparel and home-goods brands. It’s also touting the fact that shoppers can pick up their items ordered online on the same day, at Target stores. And no membership is required to shop the special deals, as is the case with Amazon’s event. Customers can also receive 5% in savings when they use a Target credit card.

Last year, Target held a one-day sale on its website that aligned with Prime Day. And it was one of the retailer’s biggest days of the year for online sales, according to Target’s chief merchandising officer Mark Tritton.

Time to find out which credit card has room!

Susan Saunders 6/36/19