In December 18th, Australia announced an investigation into the retail industry. The Australian Federal Productivity Commission said in its decision that the review will involve the future of Australia's retail industry and the business system to suppress tax evasion.

According to local media reports, as the Australian dollar continues to rise strongly, more and more Australians love to go to the Internet. Foreign market Purchase is better and cheaper. In the Australian market, a brand computer hard disk needs 120 Australian dollars, while in the US it costs only 100 Australian dollars, and Hongkong only needs 60 Australian dollars. Melbourne's computer retailer Mr. Palmer said the emerging global market means that Australia's prices are facing major adjustment. He thinks that the price is usually determined by the local market, but when it becomes a global market, the situation changes.

Bart, a clothing operator in Sydney, has more personal feelings. He said that as a small business shop, the purpose of selling online is to gain more profits on the basis of less investment and make its name more famous on the world stage. Nevertheless, his pressure has not diminished. Bart said he originally ran a brand of clothing, but recently he found it online. Brand clothing Manufacturers also started selling online. This made his last hope almost shattered. He said that there is no point in the location of the network, nor can a small shop compete with the producers.

In the face of increasingly popular online shopping, traditional retailers complain that shoppers can evade the goods and services tax through shopping on foreign websites, and urge the Australian government to lift the threshold for levying commodity and service taxes for imports worth more than 1000 Australian dollars, and accuse them of being unfair to them when they compete with online stores. The media also reported that MYER, the largest department store in Australia, is preparing to set up an online store and sell it directly from China to Australian consumers. commodity 。 According to the report, one of the aims of MYER is to evade 10% of goods and services tax.

Smek, a senior economist at Sai Tai bank, said that due to the small market in Australia, the profit margins of traditional retailers were not large enough. The development of online shopping made them face more challenges. He said that traditional retailers are facing the pressure of adopting new sales methods. In the increasingly globalized market, the primary challenge is to remain online.

It is reported that Australia will levy taxes on online shopping from 2011. Australian deputy finance minister, Xiao Tong, said that consumers can shop through whatever way they like, including online shopping. "Lowering the threshold for levying commodity and service tax on imported goods will definitely be strongly opposed, and consumers will also oppose it". "But we will carefully consider the retailer's situation, which is why we need the productivity committee to investigate the matter."

O Conner, Minister of internal affairs of Australia, also said that the government should take measures to ensure that the regulations on goods and services tax not exceeding 1000 Australian dollars are not abused or loopholes. "It is very important for the public to follow the regulations and not to make loopholes in the system." He said that at present, the retail sales in Australia only account for 3% of the total retail sales, and there is still much room for growth. According to statistics from Australia, the Australian people spent 19 billion to 24 billion Australian dollars in online shopping in 2009, and this year, the total retail sales in the first 10 months have reached 242 billion Australian dollars.