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Amazon Pacts With Nickelodeon For Exclusive JoJo Siwa Products On ‘Prime Day’

Amazon Prime Day, an artificial holiday launched by the e-tail giant to fete a slew of sales across multiple product categories, is set to turn a spotlight this year on 16-year-old Nickelodeon star, digital influencer, and merch maven JoJo Siwa (9.8 million subscribers).

On Amazon’s fourth annual Prime Day — which will for the first time take place across two days on July 15 and 16 — the retailer will collaborate with Nickelodeon to launch a total of 24 exclusive JoJo-branded items, including a scooter, roller skates, a bow bundle (a nod to Siwa’s signature hair accessory), and fashion items. You can check out the full rundown of JoJo products that are already sold on Amazon — from a $13 doll accessory pack to a $60 pair of roller skates — right here. (Nickelodeon signed Siwa to an overall deal last year, and the Viacom-owned children’s entertainment brand is currently producing her D.R.E.A.M. tour across the county).

The pact marks the latest coup for Siwa’s ambitious merch operation — which she has touted in countless videos, and for which she even keeps a boutique-like room in her house containing all of the products that have been created in her likeness. That said, Siwa did face some blow-back earlier this month after one of her makeup palettes vended at Claire’s

was discovered to contain trace amounts of asbestos, and was promptly recalled.

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“I just want to let everyone know that safety is myself and Nickelodeon’s number one priority in everything,” she said in a recent apology video, noting that the mishap occurred because of the fact “that I put my trust into other people’s hands.” Siwa thanked fans for understanding “because [the situation] is serious to me and it means a lot to me because it is my name, and it is my brand, and it is my face.”

Amazon says that it will be offering a total of 1 million deals this Prime Day to the service’s 100 million paying members around the world. Last Prime Day, the company says, small and medium-sized businesses selling on the platform surpassed $1.5 billion in sales.

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Geoff Weiss

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