If so, please join The Times of Israel Community | A screenshot of UShops, which eases online purchases in the US for Israeli consumers Courtesy screenshot Finally, online shopping may also have played a role in how an imported brand like The Gap failed to succeed in its Israeli brick-and-mortar stores |
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What differentiates Fox from some of its competitors is its mix of international and Israeli brands | They are all part of the Israeli Fox Group, owned by the Wiesel brothers, whose father began as the delivery man for the Fox clothing factory |
The classic American label was brought to Israel by the late real estate magnate Motti Zisser, who owned Elbit Imaging Ltd.
Yaron Ben Eli, the CEO of UShops, an Israeli e-commerce site designed to help Israelis buy affordably from American sites, thinks that Israelis are buying more online, specifically from sites like the Gap, which are very strong in e-commerce, given the triumvirate of The Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic, as well as Athleta, all available from the same e-commerce site | When it comes to exposing the Israeli market to an American brand, even one as well-known as The Gap, more is better than less, said Palas |
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The same collections, the same purchase experience.
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