AmazonLocal, daily online store offers, goes to the city of New York.
Amazon will begin offering daily specials in the coming weeks to customers in four regions - Downtown, Midtown and Uptown Manhattan and Brooklyn. A first time are 50% off tickets last Cirque du Soleil, Zarkana in the center, $ 13 for 27 the value of cupcakes in Brooklyn cupcake and $ 15 to $ 30 in purchases Upper East Side Gristede any supermarket. (Upper West Sides Upper East and are considered "Uptown").
In the coming months, Amazon plans to offer web site offers members as well, including $ 25 to $ 50 to spend on jewelry and watches at Amazon and $ 25 to $ 50 to spend on 6pm.com.
Entry to New York comes after Amazon launched AmazonLocal in Boise, Idaho, in June. AmazonLocal is now in 30 locations, including San Francisco, Charlotte, North Carolina, Austin, Texas, and Orlando, Florida. Amazon is also an investor in and launched a promotion LivingSocial very effective in January to offer a card for $ 20 Amazon gift for $ 10.
Mike George, vice president of AmazonLocal Mashable says the market is large enough for several players. "I do not necessarily believe that there will be a winner in this space," he says. "There is an enormous amount of invention going on."