ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Retail Writer, Author at The Rapid City Post

FILE - Amazon employees load packages on carts before being put on to trucks for distribution for Amazon's annual Prime Day event at an Amazon's DAX7 delivery station, July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Customers seeking deals gave Amazon’s Prime Day and competing sales a solid start

July 9, 2025

Retail analysts say the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day event and competing sales drove solid online spending. Adobe Digital Insights reports that U.S. consumers spent $7.9 billion at e-commerce sites on Tuesday. That was 9.9% more than on the comparable day last year. Analysts are evaluating sales by Amazon, Walmart, Target and other U.S. retailers for clues on whether President Donald Trump’s trade policy and unpredictable tariffs affect prices and consumer behavior. According to consumer data company Numerator, the average Prime Day order on Tuesday cost $58.37. However, the company says 42% of participating households placed more than two orders.

FILE - An Amazon Prime delivery person lifts packages while making a stop at a high-rise apartment building, Nov. 28, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Amazon extends Prime Day discounts to 4 days as retailers weigh tariff-related price increases

July 7, 2025

Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales are here again. The e-commerce giant is making the now-misnamed Prime Day a four-day event for the first time. Its promised blitz of summer deals for Prime members starts at 3:01 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday and runs until early Friday. The company launched the event in 2015 and expanded it to two days in 2019. Amazon executives declined to comment on the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Prime Day deals. Some retail analysts expect U.S. consumers to make purchases this week out of fear that high taxes on foreign imports will make items they want more expensive later.

Why hosting a July Fourth pool party may cost less this year

July 3, 2025

Americans have one more reason to celebrate this Fourth of July. A market research company’s preliminary data shows that getting all the gear needed to host a pool party costs less than it has in years. Consumer data provider Numerator said in an analysis prepared for The Associated Press that the total price to buy beach towels, a beverage cooler, bathing suits and other accoutrements of summer fun averaged $858 in June. That was the lowest amount for the month since 2020. The finding from the firm’s seasonal snapshot comports with broader economic measures indicating that U.S. consumers so far haven’t seen major impacts from President Donald Trump’s vigorous application of tariffs on foreign goods.

FILE - Leonard Lauder attends a gala launch party in New York, April 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

Leonard Lauder, philanthropist who globalized family cosmetic business, dies at age 92

June 16, 2025

Leonard Lauder, a renowned philanthropist who expanded the family cosmetics business into a worldwide empire, has died at the age of 92. Estee Lauders Cos. announced the news in a release on Sunday and said he died on Saturday surrounded by his family. Lauder, the oldest son of Estee and Joseph H. Lauder who founded the cosmetics company in 1946, formally joined the New York company in 1958. Over more than six decades, Lauder played a key role in transforming the business from a handful of products sold under a single brand in U.S. stores to a multi-brand global cosmetics and fragrance giant. He had held the title of chairman emeritus at the time of his death.

ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Retail Writer.

Customers seeking deals gave Amazon’s Prime Day and competing sales a solid start

Amazon extends Prime Day discounts to 4 days as retailers weigh tariff-related price increases

Why hosting a July Fourth pool party may cost less this year

Leonard Lauder, philanthropist who globalized family cosmetic business, dies at age 92

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