SYDNEY: Amazon.com Inc's Australian arm began an order-taking trial on Nov 23, giving life to the hype which has preceded its arrival in the world's No 12 economy and weighed on the shares of the brick-and-mortar retail sector.
The trial kicked off at 3pm (0400 GMT) with the Amazon Australia website's search box filling in product names automatically. A representative for Amazon, which has never given a start date for Australia, declined to comment.
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