In committing my family to our 'Global Sourcing" experiment, one of my aims was to determine whether there really was as much threat to all Australian retailers as the media hype made it appear or was the competitive threat particular to specific products and therefore specific retailers. For that reason I was particularly interested in the price comparison of everyday toiletries and whether it would save us money by sourcing our everyday needs such as sunscreen, deodorant, soap etc. It may seem obvious that the answer would be no, but I wanted to ensure that I had fully researched the prospect before coming to that conclusion. My research has however concluded a positive no, it's not worth buying your everyday toiletries including the cheaper skincare product ranges such as Olay etc from overseas as the shipping makes it cost prohibitive. In light of this, I have added an additional rule to my previous experiment parameters.
Rule 4: Where an item can be purchased from Australia for less than $15.00 then the item should be sourced from here.
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The more expensive skincare ranges are another matter and are unequivocally worth buying from overseas, and I am fairly certain that most people know that cosmetics are definitely cheaper to source from overseas. The following cosmetic and skincare list has been compiled based on the most popular products purchased by our customers over the last 6 months:
- MAC
- Bobbi Brown
- Too Faced
- NARS
- Maybelline
- Ole Hendrikson
- Makeup Forever
- Clinique
- Benefit
- Dior
- Aveda
- Urban Decay
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