{"id":6483,"date":"2019-01-18T15:19:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/amazon-issues-no-deal-brexit-advice-to-uk-retailers\/"},"modified":"2019-01-18T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T15:19:12","slug":"amazon-issues-no-deal-brexit-advice-to-uk-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/amazon-issues-no-deal-brexit-advice-to-uk-retailers\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon issues no-deal Brexit advice to UK retailers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Amazon packages\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/15713\/production\/_102972878_amazonpackages_getty.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">British businesses trading on Amazon have been advised to take steps in preparation for a no deal Brexit to ensure they can continue selling to customers in the EU.<\/p>\n<p>The online retail giant has informed UK sellers no deal &#8220;may temporarily prevent cross-border trade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Britain is scheduled to leave the EU on 29 March, with or without a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon said sellers should now consider sending stock to its European &#8220;fulfilment centres&#8221;, or warehouses.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-northern-ireland-46892372\" class=\"story-body__link\">What happens if there&#8217;s a no-deal Brexit?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-46393399\" class=\"story-body__link\">What could happen next?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently, stock stored in Amazon&#8217;s UK warehouses can be delivered to anywhere in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>To plan for no deal, Amazon has told sellers to &#8220;be prepared that any units in a UK fulfilment centre might not be fulfilled cross-border to EU customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an email to UK-based sellers sent earlier this month, they said retailers should &#8220;consider sending inventory to an EU fulfilment centre by March 17.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Workers at Amazon&#8217;s Swansea warehouse<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Retailers should maintain &#8220;the standard recommended minimum of four weeks of inventory coverage at all times,&#8221; Amazon said.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood there are tens of thousands of UK-based companies selling on Amazon, keen to use the platform to tap into a European and global market.<\/p>\n<p>Joe W. Doherty, manages Marble Hill Natural Skincare, a company based in Derry, Northern Ireland, a city that will straddle the EU-UK border when Britain exits the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We sell a lot of our products throughout Europe via Amazon and we&#8217;ve been making contingencies in recent months to ensure demand can be met, at least in the short term, in the event of a hard Brexit,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    After Brexit, the Derry-Donegal border will be part of the UK-EU land divide<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They have taken Amazon&#8217;s no deal advice but at a cost to the business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been loading our products into Amazon&#8217;s pan-European warehouse to help ensure supply is available for distribution to the European markets,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Production has been increased and that is having an obvious effect on our business because the products are not being sold immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;There is only so much contingency planning businesses can afford in the face of so many different outcomes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/include\/newsspec\/19077-brexit-glossary\/assets\/embed\/css\/inline.css\"\/>\n<div id=\"responsive-iframe-newsspec-19077-brexit-glossary-main\" class=\"bbc-news-vj-embed-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"responsive-iframe-newsspec-19077-brexit-glossary-main-core-content\">\n<div class=\"brexit-glossary\">\n<div class=\"gel-wrap\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout__item gel-1\/1\" id=\"core-content\">\n<p>Please upgrade your browser<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gel-wrap\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout__item gel-1\/1\" id=\"full-experience\" style=\"display: none\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"brexit-logo\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/include\/newsspec\/19077-brexit-glossary\/assets\/project-assets\/brexit_logo--small.png\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Your guide to Brexit jargon<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amazon told the BBC the guidance was designed to  ensure sellers plan and prepare for all scenarios, including the risk of border disruption.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it also included a copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/partnership-pack-preparing-for-a-no-deal-eu-exit\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">UK government&#8217;s partnership pack<\/a> in the communication to UK seller, advising how how firms should prepare for a no-deal scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, UK sellers exported around \u00a32.3bn of goods via Amazon globally.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-northern-ireland-46903062\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images British businesses trading on Amazon have been advised to take steps in preparation for a no deal Brexit to ensure they can continue selling to customers in the EU. 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