Amazon Rivals Ready Deals to Ride Prime Day Wave

Newegg kicked off its FantasTech presale Monday, the latest e-tailer to hop onto Amazon’s Prime Day (June 21-22) draft. Featured Newegg sales include a Klipsch K-100SW 10-inch powered subwoofer for $139 (vs. $169 at Amazon Monday) through Sunday, a Polk Audio TL1600 home theater system ($169 vs. $199) and a Samsung M7 32-inch UHD smart monitor ($249 vs. $349). Newegg’s presale segues into the “official” FantasTech Sale June 21-23. Best Buy’s The Bigger Deal Savings Event ends June 22 with “limited quantities.” An Apple “event” at Best Buy Monday showed savings up to $400 on select iMacs, $50 off an iPhone SE, $200 off iPhone 12 mini, a $350 Best Buy gift card with select iPad trade-in, and savings up $240 on a Series 6 Apple Watch with trade in of a Series 1 or newer model. Target added a day to Deal Days stretching the busy shopping week from June 20-22. The retailer is touting same-day fulfillment, no membership fee required and a 5% discount on digital Target gift cards online Wednesday-Saturday. Walmart has a day’s jump on Amazon, starting Deals for Days on Sunday. “Sneak peaks” on the website Monday included a Hisense Roku TV for $178 from $228, an HP laptop at $159 from $179, and an iHome robot vac for $299, from $599. Amazon’s 48-hour Prime Day event will generate sales of $11.8 billion worldwide, said eMarketer Friday. Amazon's Prime Day growth will slow to 19% vs. 43% last year and 68% in 2019, but it's projected to exceed October's Prime Day by $2 billion, it said.