Amazon.com says it will offer customers category-specific deals from Dec. 4-10

Cindy Allen

SEATTLE , December 2, 2011 (Amazon.com) – Cyber Monday may be over, but customers will continue to find great deals at Amazon this holiday season. Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it will offer customers category-specific deals each day starting this Sunday at www.amazon.com/flurrydeals. Categories include Sports & Outdoors, Video Games, Tools & Home Improvement, Movies & TV, Toys & Games, Electronics and Shoes & Accessories.

“With three weeks left until Christmas, a lot of customers are still shopping for the perfect gifts for their friends and family. We want to make it easy and convenient to find the best presents at the best prices,” said Sally Fouts, Amazon.com.

Make a date with your favorite category and find some of the season’s best deals at www.amazon.com/flurrydeals:

Sunday, Dec. 4 – Sports & Outdoors

Deal preview: Rip 60 Fitness DVD & Trainer Set $79.99 (save $119)

Monday, Dec. 5 – Video Games

Deal preview: Michael Jackson The Experience $24.99 (save $15)

Tuesday, Dec. 6 – Tools & Home Improvement

Deal preview: Save over 50% off top-selling power tools

Wednesday, Dec. 7 – Movies & TV

Deal preview: Save over 60% off thousands of DVDs and Blu-rays

Thursday, Dec. 8 – Toys & Games

Deal preview: Save 50% off select Melissa & Doug toys

Friday, Dec. 9 – Electronics

Deal preview: Receive a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card with purchase of select hotspot-ready smartphones (for new lines of service and upgrade customers, two-year contract required)

Saturday, Dec. 10 – Shoes & Accessories

Deal preview: Pour La Victoire Irina Pump $79 (save $170)

Shoppers who decide to go to physical retail stores should use the Price Check by Amazon App for iPhone and Android to make sure they are getting the best deal. Price Check users can easily scan a barcode, snap a picture, or say or type a product name to see prices from Amazon.com and its other online merchants, and read product reviews.

In addition to free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime, Amazon customers will find millions of items eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping every day. Free Super Saver Shipping is available on eligible orders $25 and over.

For more information about Amazon’s holiday deals and promotions, follow @amazon on Twitter and Amazon.com on Facebook.

The savings listed above are based upon list price.

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. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.

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