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Step aside, Prime Day! Best deals from Amazon's summer sale
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Amazon’s annual Prime Day has been postponed until at least September due to COVID-19, but you don’t have to wait until then to catch some killer deals on the world’s biggest online marketplace.
Amazon’s Summer Sale is now live, which means you can save hundreds of dollars on clothing, tech, and much, much more until the end of June. Tap or click here for the best tech to help you cool off for the summer.
To get you started, we’re breaking down the top categories of items and gifts you can pick up on Amazon right now. Here are a few of our favorite picks from Amazon’s Summer Sale event.
What’s on sale at Amazon for summer?
Amazon’s Summer Sale event is well underway, and brands across the spectrum are offering major discounts for you to enjoy. This year, the focus is primarily on fashion and apparel — but that doesn’t mean you won’t find some tech goodies along the way.
These are the most notable brand and category discounts you can take advantage of right now.
Fashion brands on sale now:
- Adidas – Up to 30% off shoes, clothes, hats, and select accessories
- Amazon brands – Up to 40% off clothes and shoes
- American Tourister Luggage – Up to 50% off select products
- Cole Haan – Up to 35% off shoes
- J Crew Mercantile – Up to 40% off for women and men’s apparel
- Levi’s – Up to 40% off select styles
- Lucky Brand – Up to 40% off select clothes, shoes, and accessories
- Nautica – Up to 30% off men’s clothing
- Puma – Up to 30% off apparel and shoes
- Ray-Ban – Up to 30% off select sunglasses
- Samsonite – Up to 50% off select products
- Shopbop – Up to 50% off apparel and accessories
- Steve Madden – Up to 50% off shoes
Categories with deals you can take advantage of now:
- Electronics – Save on select headphones, TVs, smart home devices, and others
- Kitchen – Discounts on select top-brand kitchen appliances
- Lawn, home and garden – save on lawnmowers, patio items, and other home goods
- Watches – Save up to 50% off select brands
Still unsure where to begin?
Not to worry, because we’ve hand-picked a few of our favorite on-sale items. These deals won’t last, so keep that in mind while browsing for your favorite products.
We may earn a commission from purchases, but our recommendations are always objective.
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How’d you like to walk around knowing that you’re the guy who made the worst video game in history? A little hard on the ego. Well, Howard Scott Warshaw has definitely bounced back. He and Kim talk about his start at Atari, how he became the therapist for all of Silicon Valley’s movers and shakers, and how to cope with the pandemic.
This Tech You Should Know podcast is from the archives, but it’s definitely one you don’t want to miss.
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