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How ‘parallel imports’ give comfort to Russian consumers
| >“It is all official, parallel import,” he said, as Russia now allows nearly anyone to resell products bought abroad.
>Discussing the policy in late May, Vladimir Pitler said [parallel import] would let Russians continue to import “lyuksus class” goods, an accidental portmanteau of the Russian for luxe and the automobile brand Lexus.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/12/russia-grey-market-parallel-imports-consumers-western-brands-zara
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| >Aleksandr Gorbunov, a property investor from the Siberian city Krasnoyarsk, had a simple solution when Zara, the Spanish clothing giant, closed its stores in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine: import it himself.
>Gorbunov said he quickly found a seller in Kazakhstan who dealt in Zara clothes, then imported a batch of clothing for 1.5-2 million roubles. He claims his markup will be just 200-300 roubles.