Amazon unveiled its Off-to-College store, a destination for college shopping needs. Available on desktop and the Amazon App, students can browse a wide range of essentials with low prices for their dorm, classes and extracurricular activities in one place. New this year, Amazon enlisted the help of Ava Phillippe to share her own dorm room must-haves. Customers can shop Phillippe’s list or browse college influencer-curated style guides, including earthy artsy, casual throwback, modern minimal and eclectic chic.
According to Mintel’s 2019 Back to School Shopping Report, college students are increasingly expected to use their own money to purchase items they need for college. The store will have deals every day and Prime Student members earn exclusive perks . Shoppers can find the college store at amazon.com/offtocollege.
“We want to support students and parents with everything they need to make the transition to campus life comfortable this year,” said Cem Sibay, VP of Amazon Prime. “The combination of Prime Student’s convenient shopping and entertainment benefits and our Off-to-College store’s incredible deals allows students and parents to stretch every dollar, while keeping all of the fun and excitement that comes with getting ready for college.”
Below are just a few of the deals on the site:
- Save up to 50 percent on select Levi’s styles.
- Save on everything you need to stay alert this school year, including illy Ready to Drink CAFFÈ and Lavazza Organic Tierra! Whole Bean Coffee Blend.
- Save on personal care essentials, including the Panasonic Compact Hair Dryer with nanoe Technology and the Panasonic Electric Shaver and Trimmer for Men.
- Save on furniture, including the Novogratz Alivia Accent Overstuffed Chair; Modway Promenade Modern Aluminum Bistro Chair with Bamboo Seat; Modway Aegis Mid-Century Modern Armchair; Modway Sensible Button Tufted Performance Velvet Upholstered Bench; and the Zinus Sleep Master Memory Foam 8-Inch Green Tea Mattresses.
- Save on small kitchen appliances, including the BLACK+DECKER Digital Microwave; Dash Clear View Extra Wide Toaster; Hamilton Beach Electric Kettle; and Hamilton Beach Countertop Convection & Rotisserie Convection Oven.
- Save on cleaning essentials, including the Maytag Speed Heat Steam Iron & Steamer; Eureka Airspeed Ultra-Lightweight Vacuum; Eureka PowerSpeed Lightweight Vacuum and Brawny Tear-A-Square Paper Towels.
- Save up to 20 percent on portable AC units from AmazonBasics.
- Save on Hamilton Beach TrueAir, Ultra Quiet Allergen Reducing Air Purifier.
- Exclusively for Prime members, save over 30 percent on select Sony 43” Ultra HD LED Smart TVs.
- Exclusively for Prime Members, save up to 30 percent on Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive Clothing, designed for and with people with disabilities, and 30 percent on women’s basics from Daily Ritual.
Curated Dorm Room Style Picks
Amazon has teamed up with second year college student, Ava Phillippe, to offer her dorm room must-haves, featuring her top picks from Amazon Home. Ava’s list was created to help inspire students to transform a drab dorm room or small space into a personalized oasis, without sacrificing comfort or value. In addition to browsing Ava Phillippe’s dorm room must-haves, students can browse Amazon’s new Dorm Styles feature for inspiration. Expertly curated by college lifestyle influencers, each dorm style guide – earthy artsy, casual throwback, modern minimal and eclectic chic – features suggestions on how to transform a cookie cutter dorm room into your home away from home. From the items you need, like bedding and computers, to the ones that will take your dorm living to the next level, like an Amazon Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, and a cozy desk chair, Amazon offers all you need to add a personal touch to any dorm room.
Exclusive Perks with Prime Student
Designed specifically for college students, Prime Student offers students the best of shopping and entertainment from Amazon to make campus life easy and fun. Nowhere else can students stream music and thousands of movies and TV shows, receive discounts on college essentials, and get fast, free shipping all in one place. Prime is evolving to be even faster with Prime Free One-Day Delivery now available on 10 million products coast to coast including the best shopping for college. That means that college students will find popular college items including bedding, furniture and school supplies – delivered the very next day or even faster. Students enrolled in two or four year colleges are eligible to sign up for Prime Student and after a six-month trial, Prime Student is half the cost of regular Prime at just $6.49 a month or $59 a year.
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