Amazon.com has pulled the trigger. As reported earlier, a looming Hawaii state tax law change relating to online affiliate marketers has prompted the Internet retailer to close the Amazon Associates accounts of Hawaii residents. Members of the local tech community are pushing Gov. Linda Lingle to veto HB1405, but Amazon.com is acting pre-emptively, clearly hoping [...]
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Amazon Dumps Hawaii Affiliates
June 30th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Hawaii, Politics, Technology, The Web
Tags: affiliates·amazon·marketing·retail·taxes
Walgreens Greets Hawaii
November 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Business, Hawaii
Mainland drugstore chain Walgreens welcomed its first island shoppers yesterday, when it opened the first of many, many planned stores in the Aloha State. Walgreens is entering a market that has been wholly dominated by California-based Longs Drugs for half a century. The 9,000-square-foot Keeaumoku store is small and has practically no parking, but is [...]
