AmazonLocal, the online retailer’s daily deals service, is heading to New York City.
Amazon will start offering daily deals in coming weeks to customers in four regions — downtown, midtown and uptown Manhattan, as well as Brooklyn. Early deals include 50% off tickets to Cirque du Soleil’s newest show, Zarkana, in Midtown, $13 for $27 worth of cupcakes at Brooklyn Cupcake and $15 for $30 worth of groceries at any Upper East Side Gristede’s supermarket. (The Upper East and Upper West Sides are considered “Uptown.”)
In coming months, Amazon plans to offer deals from affiliated websites as well, including $25 for $50 to spend on jewelry and watches on Amazon and $25 for $50 to spend at 6pm.com.
The entry into New York comes after Amazon launched AmazonLocal in Boise, Idaho, in June. AmazonLocal is now in 30 locations, including San Francisco; Charlotte, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; and Orlando, Florida. Amazon is also an investor in LivingSocial and ran a very effective promotion in January offering a $20 Amazon gift card for $10.
Mike George, vice president of AmazonLocal tells Mashable that the market is big enough for several players. “I don’t necessarily believe there will be one winner in this space,” he says. “There’s a huge amount of invention going on.”
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Amazon will start offering daily deals in coming weeks to customers in four regions — downtown, midtown and uptown Manhattan, as well as Brooklyn. Early deals include 50% off tickets to Cirque du Soleil’s newest show, Zarkana, in Midtown, $13 for $27 worth of cupcakes at Brooklyn Cupcake and $15 for $30 worth of groceries at any Upper East Side Gristede’s supermarket. (The Upper East and Upper West Sides are considered “Uptown.”)
In coming months, Amazon plans to offer deals from affiliated websites as well, including $25 for $50 to spend on jewelry and watches on Amazon and $25 for $50 to spend at 6pm.com.
The entry into New York comes after Amazon launched AmazonLocal in Boise, Idaho, in June. AmazonLocal is now in 30 locations, including San Francisco; Charlotte, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; and Orlando, Florida. Amazon is also an investor in LivingSocial and ran a very effective promotion in January offering a $20 Amazon gift card for $10.
Mike George, vice president of AmazonLocal tells Mashable that the market is big enough for several players. “I don’t necessarily believe there will be one winner in this space,” he says. “There’s a huge amount of invention going on.”
Image courtesy of Flickr, Eve Abreu
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