Amazon sales are up despite social media backlash
Many consumers criticized the company’s ‘Prime Day’ event, but even though the online conversation was negative, sales and memberships increased.
Many people took to Twitter and Facebook to criticize the brand for sold-out deals within hours of the sale opening, along with lackluster deals the remainder of the day. By Wednesday afternoon, #AmazonPrimeFail was trending on Twitter.
At least on Black Friday you can go to the store and punch someone to get the items you want. #PrimeDayFail
— Philip Hansen (@evil_avatar) July 16, 2015
So what I’m getting out of this is that #PrimeDay is some sort of postmodern experiment to see if disappointment can be quantified.
— Brad Williams (@FuriousBrad) July 15, 2015
Now whenever something in my life goes wrong or I have a bad day, I’ll say I had a #primeday.
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