Amazon.com in Israel

The launch of Amazon in Israel – an event long anticipated by the country’s shoppers – is being held up by the online retailer’s trouble recruiting local re-sellers, disagreements about translation pages into Hebrew and a host of technical and regulatory issues. Under the company’s original timetable, the Amazon Israel site was supposed to go […]

Amazon Schedules Official Israeli Launch for After the Election Last week,

Amazon has asked sellers to commit to delivery within five business days, which leaves only a week between the elections and the Jewish New Year. The worst thing for Amazon would be if customers place orders ahead of the holiday and receive them only after it has passed, which means orders will have to be placed immediately after the election, one person said.