Amazon Prime Day sale sets fresh sales records for company

Amazon said Wednesday its two-day extravaganza known as Prime Day was its biggest shopping event ever, with sales surpassing the two key holiday spending days combined.

The e-commerce leader said members of its Prime subscription service purchased more than 175 million items throughout the event across 18 countries.

Amazon said Prime Day sales topped the combined total from the two big shopping days in the year-end holiday season, known as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.