Never miss another deal with easy, on-the-go access to Amazon Gold
Box Deals
SEATTLE, Jan 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
(NASDAQ: AMZN) - Amazon.com today announced Amazon Deals, a free
application for iPhone that offers easy, on-the-go access to daily deals
from the Amazon.com Gold Box (www.amazon.com/goldbox).
Customers can use the app to act quickly on limited-availability
discounts and stay informed with deal notifications, to help them get
the deal they want.
"With Amazon Deals, no matter where they are, our customers can stay
connected and informed on deals in their favorite categories and
purchase from their iPhone immediately, before they sell out, so they
never have to miss another deal," said Sam Hall, director of Amazon
Mobile.
The Amazon Deals app will help customers save even more money with
mobile access to Amazon's Deal of the Day and limited-time Lightning
Deals featured in Amazon's Gold Box page. Amazon Gold Box Deals offer
tremendous value beyond Amazon's typical low prices and due to limited
quantities, can sell out quickly. The Amazon Deals app makes shopping
the Gold Box even better. With helpful features like reminders and
category-specific notifications on everything from electronics to
jewelry, Amazon customers will never have to miss another deal.
Customers can also browse active deals, upcoming Lightning Deals and
purchase immediately.
The Amazon Deals app includes access to features customers have come to
know and trust including customer reviews; robust product information;
sharing via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook; and purchasing via Amazon
Prime, for delivery directly to your doorstep.
Amazon Deals for iPhone is available for free in the App Store or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore.
For more information please visit: www.amazon.com/dealsapp.
Amazon's family of mobile shopping applications includes Price Check by
Amazon for iPhone, Amazon Windowshop for iPad and the Amazon App for
iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android-based devices. Customers can learn
more by visiting www.amazon.com/amazonmobile.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G and Kindle DX are the revolutionary
portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers,
blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink
display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX
utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so
users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1
bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
and www.amazon.it.
As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
SOURCE: Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.
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