Amazon adjusts its delivery plan and offers shipping discounts to North American sellers
Recently, there have been reports that Amazon is stepping up its efforts to implement the “Shipping in Original Package (SIPP)” program and expanding the scope of the program so that all third-party sellers using Amazon FBA logistics services in the United States and Canada can participate. The so-called “Shipping in Original Package (SIPP)” program, as the name suggests, means that sellers use their own product packaging instead of Amazon express packaging to ship. Amazon believes that this move can not only greatly save packaging materials, but also save transportation space, thereby reducing carbon emissions and achieving environmental sustainability. It is worth noting that Amazon has previously pointed out that all sellers who join the “Shipping in Original Package (SIPP)” program can enjoy a certain degree of FBA shipping discounts, with an average discount of about US$0.04-1.32 per order.
Shopee's Malaysian site has the cash on delivery function enabled by default, and sellers are not allowed to turn it off by themselves
Shopee officially announced that in order to help more merchants effectively reach Malaysian consumers, the platform will enable the cash on delivery (COD) function by default for all stores that have opened the SLS logistics standard channel after March 18, 2024 local time. After this function is enabled, it may help merchants increase the exposure of their products. It is worth noting that after the cash on delivery function is enabled, sellers are not allowed to turn it off by themselves.
France passed the "Fast Fashion New Law Proposal"
France recently passed the “Fast Fashion New Law Proposal”, which has undoubtedly become an important issue in the global fashion industry and environmental protection. This legislative act marks the importance of the environmental impact and social responsibility of the fast fashion industry, especially pointing to the development model of Chinese fast fashion brands, which has attracted widespread attention from the international community.
The main measures of the bill include: prohibiting the advertising of certain textiles and fashions. Imposing environmental taxes on low-cost goods. Specifically, starting next year, the bill plans to impose a surcharge of 5 euros on fast fashion products. It is expected that by 2030, this fee will rise to 10 euros, with an upper limit of 50% of the product price.