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Illustrative image of bagged grapes. (Oleksandr Lanevskyi, iStock at Getty Images)
April 22, 2026, 10:11 am
Retail chains found to be charging over double what they pay for imported grapes
Agriculture Ministry mulling price controls after audit reveals grapes imported for NIS 14 per kilogram (less than $5) being sold for NIS 32 (more than $10)
By Sue Surkes
Castro fashion store in Israel. (Courtesy)
December 14, 2023, 5:51 pm
Fashion chain Castro to bring back 90% of staff furloughed due to Hamas war
Retail group sees improvement over past month in same-store sales, including online sales; had put 30% of its workers on unpaid leave in October
By Sharon Wrobel
Castro clothing store at a shopping mall in Haifa. (Courtesy)
November 28, 2023, 5:50 pm
Castro to close stores as poor consumer sentiment during war bites into sales
Fashion retail chain saw 40% drop in revenues and lost potential revenue of about NIS 79 million since outbreak of war, as shoppers stayed away
By Sharon Wrobel
People walk by a closed Fox clothing store in Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv, July 24, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
October 22, 2023, 4:33 pm
Fox fashion retailer to furlough up to 50% of staff amid ongoing war with Hamas
Retail fashion chain says it needs to cut expenses and reduce economic damage during the challenging war period; senior executives take a 50% pay cut for a month
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel's startup's pick-and-go, self-checkout shopping carts to be deployed at Hastok's home design and household concept stores. (Courtesy)
May 2, 2023, 4:34 pm
Israeli startup inks NIS 30m deal to deploy smart carts at local home design stores
Israel’s Hastok home design and household chain will integrate 1,000 smart shopping carts at its 40 stores across the country
By Sharon Wrobel
Target's array of Hanukkah mugs represent just a small swath of the national retailer's 2022 Hanukkah collection. (Philissa Cramer/ JTA)
December 23, 2022, 2:32 am
The US Hanukkah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?
Unlike years past, retail giants are now dedicating entire aisles to dreidel-shaped pet toys and latke onesies – but critics note that it’s a business strategy, not inclusiveness
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Wasteless uses artificial intelligence to lower prices as perishable foods approach their sell-by dates. (Courtesy, Wasteless)
December 13, 2022, 8:28 pm
Dutch retail chain buys Israeli software linking food prices to expiration dates
By combining data, Wasteless can gradually lower the price of an item to appeal to customers, while maximizing a retailer’s margins and slashing waste
By Sue Surkes
Vintage Clothing Stores Aderet/ Argaman on Bograshov in Tel Aviv, August 2022 (Danielle Nagler)
September 23, 2022, 5:29 am
The future of clothes shopping is going back in time
Vintage stores are sprouting up across Israel, competing with boutiques; they especially attract younger shoppers drawn by sustainability, unique designs, and price
By Danielle Nagler
A man sorting bottles for recycling in Jerusalem, February 1, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 15, 2022, 6:19 am
Ministry censures beverage companies for slow collection of recycling containers
Environmental Protection Ministry reacts to complaints from retail outlets, says it will provide instructions on how often bottles need to be collected
By Sue Surkes
Wolt workers shop for customers at the Wolt Market grocery store in Neve Zedek, in Tel Aviv, May 2022. (Shai Azeri/Wolt Israel)
May 31, 2022, 8:33 pm
Wolt launches grocery delivery from new Market store in Tel Aviv
Finnish delivery giant opens first grocery store in Neve Tzedek neighborhood, as Israel joins 17 other countries where company operates food retail and delivery logistics
By Ricky Ben-David
PayPal Holdings headquarters building in the North San Jose Innovation District in Silicon Valley, circa 2019.
March 24, 2022, 6:15 pm
PayPal’s venture arm invests in Israeli e-commerce platform Cymbio
Founded in 2014, Tel Aviv-based company also raised $20 million in Series B funding round four months ago
By Ricky Ben-David
A man sorting bottles for recycling in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, February 1, 2022. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90
February 6, 2022, 3:19 pm
Over 1,000 Israelis complain about stores refusing to comply with bottle deposit law
Of 1,176 complaints involving 7,792 bottles in December-January, the highest number came from Jerusalem, followed by Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh
By Sue Surkes
People waiting in line outside Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem, on April 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 1, 2022, 9:50 pm
Osem puts off price hikes as consumers, ministers push against paying more
Histadrut labor chief threatens widespread protest as only handful of companies answer government call to not burden consumers during pandemic
By Tobias Siegal
Gideon Italiaander (right) charges a customer's debit card at his shop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on October 11, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
November 14, 2021, 7:50 pm
Jewish entrepreneur revives pre-Holocaust Amsterdam’s colorful retail spirit
Though the city’s fabled Waterloo Market, once run by Jews, met its end due to WWII, Gideon Italiaander brings back the personal touch with his chain of thrifty home goods stores
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Trax uses computer vision technology to scan shelves in stores and identify what is needed (Courtesy)
April 7, 2021, 5:12 pm
Retail data startup Trax raises $640 million in funding round
Company uses robots with computer vision tech to scan contents of store shelves, identifying out-of-stock products for replenishment and helping shoppers find what they need
By Shoshanna Solomon
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