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Amazon Prime Offers Free Holiday Shipping through Sunday, December 22SEATTLE --(Business Wire)-- Amazon Prime members can order gifts as late as midnight EST on Sunday, Dec. 22, for free delivery before Christmas. In 2012, tens of millions of last-minute gifts were sent with Prime, and Amazon is making it even easier for shoppers to get those last few packages under the tree this year. Customers can choose from millions of items including great gift ideas in electronics, toys, tools, kitchen gadgets, clothing, jewelry and more. Customers will still find incredible deals at www.amazon.com/holidaydeals. Become a member of Amazon Prime to take advantage of this fast, free shipping offer by visiting www.amazon.com/prime. "This is a unique holiday season. With so few shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, this weekend can be hectic for many holiday shoppers - fighting crowds while struggling to find just the right gift," said Greg Greeley, Vice President Amazon Prime. "We would like to make your weekend just a little easier. Prime members can order anytime this weekend, as late as midnight on Sunday, Dec. 22, and still receive unlimited free two-day shipping in time for Christmas. This allows members to enjoy the same fast, free shipping and convenient online shopping experience they have come to expect from Amazon." In addition, Prime members always receive discounted one-day shipping for as low as $2.99 per item. Those truly last-minute shoppers can choose from millions of gifts, and order as late as midnight on Monday, Dec. 23, using Prime one-day shipping and still receive their package before Christmas. Holiday Ordering Deadlines For delivery by Christmas, visit amazon.com/holiday-shipping for details. The following ordering deadlines apply:
More Last-Minute Deals from Amazon There is still time to shop great gifts and incredible deals by visiting www.amazon.com/holidaydeals. Shoppers will find many deals including savings on the following items:
Save on Amazon Appstore Amazon Appstore has more last-minute deals on the latest Kindle and Android (News - Alert) apps and games. Amazon recently announced that customers can gift Amazon Coins to app-savvy friends and family for use on apps, games and other in-app items in the Amazon Appstore. Customers save up to 20 percent when buying Coins through Jan. 5. Throughout the coming weeks, popular apps will also have steep discounts including 50 percent off The Bernstein Bears Christmas Tree app and 15 titles from G5 Entertainment for only $0.99 each, including: Letters from Nowhere, Abyss: Wrath of Eden and Red Crow Mysteries: Legion. Between Dec. 14 and Dec. 25, customers can download "12 Great Gifts from the Amazon Appstore" as part of Amazon Appstore's Free App of the Day program. A paid app will be available for free every day including Allrecipes Dinner Spinner Pro, PicsPlay Pro, and Pocket Informant 3. Find out more at www.amazon.com/appstore. Last-Minute Shoppers use Mobile Apps Millions of Amazon customers use a mobile device to shop in the week leading up to Christmas. In fact, the Free Shipping cutoff date last year was among the largest mobile shopping days on Amazon. Shoppers can explore Amazon's holiday deals from anywhere, using the Amazon Mobile App (www.amazon.com/mobileapp) for their phone or tablet. Amazon Gift Cards - The Perfect Last-Minute Gift Amazon.com (News - Alert) Gift Cards are the best way to get your friends and family what they've always wanted, even if you don't know what it is. Customers now have more than 18 animated holiday gift cards to choose from, including "Karoling Kittens," "The 12 Dogs of Christmas," and "Dradle Joy." Customers also can add a holiday touch to physical gift cards with one of four seasonal gift boxes, including a snowflake, Santa's coat, an ornament that can hang from a tree, and a red-and-green plaid box tied off with a bow. And even if you miss the extended shipping cutoff, you can still send Amazon.com Gift Cards via email, on a friend's Facebook (News - Alert) timeline, print at home, or gift an Amazon MP3 or Kindle e-book. Give the Gift of Amazon Prime For the first time, customers can give the gift of Amazon Prime this holiday. In addition to unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items, a Prime gift includes a year's worth of entertainment with Prime Instant Video and the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. Find Gift Ideas Shoppers can visit Amazon's curated and easy-to-navigate toy and electronic gift lists to discover some of the hottest items of the season. For more details visit http://www.amazon.com/holidaytoylist and www.amazon.com/electronicsgiftguide. About Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the world's best-selling and most advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the ground up for readers. Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, features improved fonts and faster page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX features a stunning exclusive 7" or 8.9" HDX display, a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of battery life, as well as exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display, high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price. Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, www.amazon.es, www.amazon.com.br, www.amazon.in, www.amazon.com.mx, and www.amazon.com.au. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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