The vaping giant’s Asia expansion faces obstacles in China.
September 12 that it began selling its vape pens and pods through Alibaba’s Tmall and JD.com. A Juul vape pen and two flavor pods cost 299 yuan, or $42 U.S. dollars., by the end of last week Juul’s products were delisted on both e-commerce sites, leaving Juul “at a loss as to why.” Thealso reported that the e-commerce sites would not confirm if China’s government asked them to remove the products.
. In 2018, around 2.4 trillion cigarettes were sold in the country through China National Tobacco, a state-run monopoly. “While Juul products are not currently available on e-commerce web sites in China, we look forward to continued dialogue with stakeholders so that we can make our products available again,” said spokesperson Victoria Davis in a statement. Juul did not respond to questions about why Chinese sales were halted or what their next steps will be.in Juul through a $1.8 billion investment, are down 7.5% since September 12.
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