Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent

The Echo Dot Max went from $99.99 to $119.99 overnight, portion its sibling the Echo Dot jumped to $79.99 from $49.99. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Citing "significant increases successful representation and retention constituent costs," successful a connection fixed to Fortune, Amazon has raised prices connected Echos, Kindles, Fire TVs, and Eeros by up to 60 percent.

The cheapest products successful Amazon's lineup were deed hardest, with the Echo Dot astute talker jumping from $49.99 to $79.99. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max besides roseate by implicit 40 percent to $84.99, and the base level Kindle now costs $149.99, a astir 37 percent increase.

Amazon's flagship Echo Dot Max astute speaker, which launched past year, present costs $119.99, up from $99.99. Apple increased the price of its comparable HomePod Mini this summertime to $129 from $99.99, …

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