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 almost a decade, She has previously held roles in both Amazon’s retail business and Amazon Web Services (AWS), its web hosting business, which already has a strong presence in Ireland.

Dunn has worked in vendor services, marketing, product management and customer experience, and she served as a digital innovation leader as AWS, where she worked closely with C-suite executives and worked to develop generative AI tools.

Prior to joining Amazon, Dunn consulted for supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda on customer and category strategies.

“Our teams across the country are incredibly excited about the launch of Amazon.ie in 2025, and writing the next chapter of our story in Ireland,” said Dunn.

“The store is great news for Irish customers and businesses alike, and we’re taking another big step towards launching Amazon.ie by opening our doors for businesses to join us as Selling Partners ahead of launch.”

Amazon agreed a deal with An Post last year for Amazon.ie deliveries and returns. The tech giant employs around 6,500 people in Cork, Dublin and Drogheda in data engineering, operations management and finance.

Since 2004, Amazon estimates that it had made direct investments of more than €22bn in its Irish operations. Further details about Amazon.ie will be announced in the new year.

Photo: Alison Dunn. (Pic: Supplied)