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Aussie retailers rejig e-commerce model to sell goods into China

Informal travelling shopping agents, known as daigou, continue to grow, catching some firms which pursued new sales channels by surprise

Published Wed, Mar 15, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Sydney

    AUSTRALIAN retailers and manufacturers are rejigging their business models and reviewing strategies to sell goods into China amid confusion over a threatened government crackdown on e-commerce platforms.

    Supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd late last year sacked an Australian online retail specialist it had hired specifically to spearhead its drive into online sales in China, a source told Reuters, replacing it with a Shanghai-based firm.

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