AliExpress opens warehouses in Israel

Online retail giant AliExpress, owned by China’s Alibaba Group, has been operated a pilot project in Israel in recent weeks by leasing warehouses at Airport City near Ben Gurion airport and storing products for direct delivery in Israel. The idea is to allow customers to order products online that are already stored in Israel and thus speed up delivery waiting times while cutting costs. AliExpress is currently planning to enlarge the range of products stored in Israel and expand activities.

AliBuy website manager Yaniv Porat told “Globes,” “It is already happening today. There has been a pilot project in recent weeks, and it is happening on a very small scale. Israel is an…