FILE PHOTO: An Amazon.com Inc driver stands next to an Amazon delivery truck in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Online shoppers purchased more than 100 million products worldwide during Amazon.com Inc's annual Prime Day sale this week, despite glitches on its mobile app and websites that prevented several customers from placing orders.
Prime Day has become a major shopping event in the annual calendar for retailers, rivaling the Thanksgiving holiday's Black Friday as a driver of sales and most retailers now run their own special promotions to coincide with the 36-hour sale.
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