It's another Amazon sales bonanza. That's right: Amazon has confirmed it's hosting another Prime Day-esque event, slated to take place next month. Details are sparse so far, but I'll be walking you through what we do know below.
I'm your host, Jordan Parker Erb. Let's get started.
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1. It's official: Amazon is hosting a second "Prime Day" sales event. Confirming a report by Insider's Katherine Long from earlier this year, Amazon has announced it will be holding another mega sale for Prime members in October. Here's what we know so far:
- The "Prime Early Access Sale," will be held on October 11 and 12. According to a press release, it'll feature tons of "popular and giftable items" — right before it heads into its busy holiday season, known internally as "peak."
- As with Prime Day, the Prime Early Access Sale is exclusively available to Amazon Prime subscribers. But as long as you sign up before the event ends on October 12, you'll be able to partake.
- Amazon has kept details to a minimum, but it did offer a list of brands to expect, including Peloton, New Balance, Philips Sonicare, Lego, Samsung, and iRobot — and we're expecting the same quality of deals you'd find on Prime Day, if not better.
Everything you'll want to know about the sale.
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Odds and ends:
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What we're watching today:
- Intel Innovation starts today in San Jose, California.
- Converge22, a conference on the future of Web3, starts today in San Francisco.
- Forbes will publish the Forbes 400, its annual listing of the 400 richest Americans.
- Today is Google's 24th birthday.
- SAS Explore, an event for SAS software users, takes place virtually.
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Curated by Jordan Parker Erb in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email jerb@insider.com or tweet @jordanparkererb.) Edited by Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) in London.