Amazon has announced that the opening day of their operations in Australia set a new company record in terms of orders placed.
"We are thankful to Australian customers for making this a landmark day in Amazon history," Amazon’s country manager in Australia Rocco Braeuniger said, adding that the number of visitors they’ve witnessed exceeded their expectations.
Earlier, the Amazon Australia opening elicited a wave of negative feedback on Twitter as customers complained about steep prices.
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Gerry Harvey, co-founder and chairman of Australian online retailer Harvey Norman, noted however that Amazon is actually capable of undercutting local competition by selling "20 percent below cost."
