#BoycottChinamobiles may fail to fire | Economic Times

Mumbai | Bengaluru: Online and offline retailers say the growing rhetoric on social media to boycott Chinese goods is unlikely to sway consumer behaviour. However, that isn’t stopping leading online marketplaces Flipkart and Amazon from promoting ‘Made in India’ products.Sellers told ET that the tight-fisted consumer does not have much choice when it comes to buying a product, especially smartphones. Consumers will continue to pick up Chinese-made products that offer value for money, especially when there’s a squeeze on discretionary spending. “One out of 10 customers does not want Chinese handsets. We do not expect demand for a Chinese make to fall because they fit the customers’ budgets,” said a retail executive who did not want to be identified. “Covid-19 has tightened the average spends. When maximum demand for smartphones is under ₹15,000 a piece, who can compete with Chinese products?” 76163979The furore against Chinese products was triggered after the Covid-19 outbreak, which originated in Wuhan, China, and was fanned further more recently by the face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in Ladakh. Even educator Sonam Wangchuk from Ladakh has appealing for a boycott of Chinese goods.