Amazon Prime day sales totaled $12.7 billion this year, breaking all previous records for the annual promotional event.
Much of the increase in spend is owed to Sponsored Products sales, with a 53% increase in consumer spend from last year, according to consumer spend data from performance marketing firm Tinuiti.
More specifically, the Sponsored products saw a 41% increase in clicks and a 9% increase in cost per click (CPC).
In addition, new-to-brand customer share for Sponsored Brands increased from 63% in the ten days leading up to Prime Day to 70% during the promotional period....