New direct buying option
May 20, 2013
INDEPENDENT pharmacies
are being invited to bypass “big
wholesalers such as API or Sigma
and Symbion,” with the launch of
a new trading website operated by
Sydney-based United Prestige.
CEO Andrew Christopher said
the business is part of a global
network, with more than 3,000
suppliers, concentrating on “one-off
opportunities and clearing brand-name
parcels direct from over 50
countries”.
United Prestige has for some
time worked with medium sized
businesses to help them take
advantage of opportunities around
the world and buy in bulk.
But Christopher said the new site
now for the first time allows smaller
independent retailers to “see and
compare prices on big names and
ask their own wholesalers why
they are paying so much more, and
demand a better price”.
The huge range of brands on
offer include such FMCG items as
Pantene, Revlon, Loreal, Head and
Shoulders, Sally Hansen, Bio-Oil,
Colgate, Neutrogena, Listerine
and many more, with Christopher
saying that all parcels offered
come with authenticity papers and
sanitised invoices.
At any time United Prestige has
hundreds of offers available, with
recent examples including five
containers of Head and Shoulders
(400ml) at $2.68 per unit (retail
price $10-$11) and two containers
of Dove Soap 2-pack for just $1.09.
Christopher said the company’s
objective is “to stop the high
prices that most independents
pay today for everyday lines to
big wholesalers...and give them
a better chance to survive and to
compete with the big retailers and
supermarkets and at the same time
beat them at their own game”.
See www.unitedprestige.com.au.
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