Why Amazon put services in the spotlight for Prime Day
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Amazon shoppers snagged deals on food delivery, travel and healthcare during a two-day Prime Event that ended on Wednesday, highlighting the potential for growth in services at an e-retailing giant long focused on goods.Amazon's 200 million U.S. Prime members snapped up $12.7 billion in merchandise, a record sum representing year-over-year growth of 6.1%, according to Adobe Analytics, with many seizing on discounts to load up on back-to-school supplies. The sale of services and experiences might not have made a huge impact on its bottom line as yet, but Amazon could be hoping that will change over time. "Amazon has extracted all of the value that it can from being merely a pass-through of goods, and is trying to move up the value chain," said David Klink, an analyst at Huntington...