Panasonic Apologizes to Customers After Website Crash During Free Shipping Promo

Panasonic apologized to its e-commerce customers Thursday for a website crash the previous day, which it attributed to “overwhelming demand of shoppers” for an advertised two-day free shipping offer. The company didn’t elaborate on the issues but said it had extended its deals and free two-day shipping to 11:59 p.m. EST Friday. Among the highlighted CE deals: a 60-inch LED HDTV marked down $500 to $799 and a Lumix GH3 camera body cut by $200 to $699, lens not included. Panasonic also sliced the price of its over-ear noise-canceling headphones by 57 percent to $34.40.