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Originally Posted by cc_in_oh
I don't think they have much choice. There won't be enough supply of anything to offer discounts. I frequently check the daily deals for Computers and Accessories. Before the lockdowns there would be 8-10 pages of deals including PC's, laptops, monitors, networking gear, storage etc. That shrank to a fraction of one page, maybe a charging cable or tablet cover or two.
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Part of that
was on purpose, with Amazon doing fewer deals and promotions to try and encourage people to purchase
less. They were struggling to keep up with increased demand because orders went way up as most people started staying at home and avoiding shopping in physical stores.
Amazon’s traditional Mother’s Day and Father’s Day deals have been canceled, and the company’s famed Prime Day deals extravaganza has been delayed indefinitely. Amazon has also removed recommendation boxes from its item pages which show shoppers what other related products people bought, according to the report.
“We typically want to sell as much as we can, but our entire network is so full right now with just hand sanitizers and toilet paper that we don’t have the capacity to serve other demand,” an Amazon employee told the paper.
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I know, that's why it might be better to just skip Prime Day this year and only do Black Friday.
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They plan ahead for big sales to have increased stock of items. Even if the extra stock they planned to have ready for Prime Day (their hardware devices in particular) was delayed because of the pandemic, that stock will be still be delivered before the Black Friday shopping season. They need to try and clear that stock out of their warehouses
before Black Friday to make space for all the extra stuff they have coming
for Black Friday.