Retailer sees profits double

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish unit of online retailer, Amazon almost doubled to €24.9m, last year.

That is according to accounts just filed by Amazon Data Services Ireland Ltd (ADSIL), which confirm that revenues at the firm increased by 51.5%, from €290.8m to €440.3m, in the 12 months to the end of December last.

The scale of the Amazon business in Ireland increased dramatically, last year, with the average number of employees increasing by 291 from 1,046 to 1,337.