India part of Amazon's annual day of deals

Amazon's magnum opus sales event 'Prime Day' to be held on July 11

Marketplace biggie Amazon Prime, which has a chunk of members in India, on Thursday announced that the country would be part of the global “Prime Day” to be held on July 11.

This is the first time the annual event, meant exclusively for Prime members, is being brought to India. 

Similar to Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sale, Amazon Prime’s would be a 30-hour deal shopping event where consumers will have an exclusive access to over 30 launches from the country’s top brands, including Honor Mobile Phones, IFB, LG, Sharp, ASICS and Puma, among others. Prime Day has been expanded to