Can The Besieged Business Besieged Everywhere?

At the beginning of this month, Sephora USA Inc., the United States of America, acknowledged that it had blocked the consumption accounts of a large number of Chinese surname VIP consumers.

Subsequently, the registered Chinese consumers began to safeguard their rights against the "title action".

On Tuesday, the court of the southern New York District officially accepted four American Chinese lawsuits against LVMH and its parent company.

It is understood that Sephora's "seal action" originated from the 20 percent off promotional activities targeted at customers who spend more than 350 dollars a year in November 8th.

The promotion brought a large number of consumers into the LVMH group's website, which once caused the website to be down.

Consumers include a large number of Chinese Americans.

Subsequently, the registered account with Asian surnames, postbox @qq.com, @126.com and @163.com was banned.

The company acknowledged that the "title action" was a blow to purchasing agents.

In this regard, Ada, a cosmetics purchasing agent in the United States, said many American companies were beginning to be vigilant against the purchasing behavior of Chinese Americans.

"They think this practice is harmful to the brand image, and the local consumers in the US will feel uncomfortable.

"Some brands will even negotiate with a very large purchasing agent, hoping to develop it into an authorized agent or distributor rather than buying goods in a brand store as a purchasing agent."

Mr. Liu, who specializes in purchasing luxury goods in the United States, admitted that he had received the above invitation of a brand.

The announcement of the General Administration of customs, which began in August 1st, was not only blocked overseas, but also in 2014, fifty-sixth.

The announcement on matters related to regulatory matters also made the purchase of personal purchases difficult in China.

It is understood that according to the "56 article", after the announcement, such as Tmall international and other big business platform, the whole chain data and customs networking, information can be checked, the responsibility can be traced, can enhance the credibility of the big platform, the enterprise's offshore platform is legalized, and the market of personal overseas purchasing will be further worrisome in the future.

The industry believes that the original profit margins of small sellers are not taxable, but now the profit margins are getting smaller and smaller. With the gradual improvement of customs management of cross-border e-commerce, small sellers will have no advantage in terms of quality and formalities.

Ms. Wang is a Taobao businessman who specializes in purchasing Korean cosmetics. She admits that shortly after the publication of the document, she has two single goods seized by customs.

"Once the spot is checked, the consignee will issue a notice to make up the tax, but most buyers or small quantities like me do not pay the money because the tax is too high. They will return the goods directly to the shipper country and reissue the goods next time."

She said.

Reporters learned that cosmetics as an example, if a large quantity is considered to be a purchasing agent, it will be dealt with by the smuggling department. If the quantity is small, it is considered to be an individual using 50% of the commodity value.

And different commodity categories have corresponding specific tax standards.

In the early October, the buying and selling industry, which had been exposed for a long time, was even more serious.

Jiang Miaomiao, a buyer, told the media that there are two main ways to purchase fake products: one is that the buyers are produced through luggage processing bases in Guangzhou, and then they are shipped overseas. When someone in China buys them, they send them home by international express mail. Secondly, there are overseas processing workshops that produce high imitation luxury goods.

Mr. Liu told the Beijing Commercial Daily reporter that at present, the purchasing industry is facing more than just a fake question. The high pport cost is also a headache for the purchasing agency industry.

It is reported that the overseas purchasing and sending back to China usually use the express line business which is opened by Chinese people because of its low price.

However, Mr. Liu said that the overseas Chinese express industry has been on a serious strike, and the workers have asked for a raise. The cost of the Chinese express has also risen, and the profit margins of most of the buyers have narrowed down.

"A large portion of the profits from overseas purchasing are consumed by freight. Now the freight is more expensive than before, and we are even more reluctant to do so."

Ms. Wang said.

With the introduction of the policy of the legalization of sea fishing, consumers who are keen on purchasing overseas brands can not only buy overseas products through Tmall's domestic e-business platform, but also the overseas Chinese consumers such as Amazon and eBay.

The winter of personal purchasing is really coming.