Billions in Sales Aside, Amazon’s Prime Day and Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Are Still Digital Yard Sales

Amazon's fourth annual Prime Day is right around the corner--July 16-17--and while it's making some moves to pique consumer interest in 2018--including six additional hours of bargains, offers at Whole Foods, expansion to four new countries and surprise events in five cities--the landscape remains familiar with items up for grabs like an Alexa-enabled faucet; a...