Amazon announces country manager ahead of Irish site launch next year [Video]

Amazon has announced Alison Dunn as country manager for its retail business in Ireland ahead of the launch of Amazon.ie next year.

The Irish-domain Amazon store will offer more than 100m products and is intended to offer Irish customers a more localised shopping experience as well as low prices and fast, convenient delivery and returns.

More than 1,000 small and medium-sized Irish businesses currently sell a combined 5.5m products on Amazon. Home, beauty, grocery, and health & personal care are the most popular categories among Irish sellers on the site.

Last year, Irish SMEs selling on Amazon recorded export sales of €170m, with more than €100m going outside the EU, and those businesses have created 2,500 jobs in Ireland to support their sales on Amazon.

Businesses in Ireland can now register their accounts with Amazon to sell their products on Amazon.ie

Dunn was born and is based in Dublin and has been with Amazon for …