New French platform combines carpooling with cross-border price arbitrage in the EU
By Karl
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Business
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Sep 14, 2025
A few days ago on 11th September, a platform was set up in France with the explicit aim to help consumers take advantage of different prices in neighbouring EU Member States of common staples like cigarettes and alcohol.Carklop's idea is to use the model that BlaBlaCar has perfected for cross-border carpooling to France's neighbours (Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Andorra), so that users can buy cheaper cigarettes and alcohol while...
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