NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of Amazon's Prime Day event and competing retail sales that kicked off on Tuesday drove solid online spending compared to a year earlier, according to two data sources.

Amazon Prime Day, the four-day period during which the e-commerce company offers special deals and signs up new Prime members ...

Some major retailers raise the online prices of certain goods days or weeks before marking them down in seasonal sales events ...

Online shopping in the US soared past $24 billion during a four-day mid-July sales blitz, with Amazon’s extended Prime Day driving record back-to-school spending.