A Momentum Commerce researcher said the slow start could indicate “evolving consumer behavior” after Amazon doubled the length of its Prime Day sales.

A record $23.8 billion in sales is expected to be spent by consumers for Amazon Prime Days, Adobe said in a forecast released on July 7. That's a 28.4% increase year over year and $9.6 billion more than the comparable period last year. Last year, shoppers spent $14.2 billion during the two-day Amazon Prime event, according to Adobe.

Ten years after Amazon launched Prime Day in 2015, this year's version of the online shopping and discount extravaganza is unlike any other in the company's history.