Club Factory begins recruiting Indian e-com vendors to import essential goods

Bengaluru: Chinese e-tailer Club Factory has begun recruiting Indian e-commerce vendors to import essential goods such as masks, hand sanitisers and other protective medical gear from its home country as it looks to seize the large economic opportunity created by a shortage of such products here.

Project Ginger, as Club Factory calls it, is asking vendors whose businesses have been impacted by the 21-day lockdown in India to procure goods from China. Club Factory in communications to sellers said it will facilitate the purchase, custom clearance, warehousing and shipment to end consumers.

“Club Factory is committed to rendering all possible assistance to the Indian government in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, including the supply of protective equipment,” a company spokesperson told ET. He added that the procurement of goods will be done “in compliance with applicable laws”.