Whisker: Supporting Smarter EU Market Entry
Helping a US pet-tech brand create a practical route to import, store inventory, and launch B2C sales in Europe
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The Challenge
Whisker identified strong B2C potential in the EU, but needed a way to import goods, hold inventory locally, and support quick despatch to customers.
As a US company, it could not import directly into the EU without the right structure in place. At the same time, setting up a local subsidiary too early would have introduced cost, legal complexity, and uncertainty before the scale of the opportunity was proven.
The Solution
Desucla supported Whisker with a two-stage approach.
In the short term, Desucla acted as the importer under Limited Fiscal Representation as goods moved to third-party distributors. This gave Whisker a practical way to enter the market and position stock in Europe without creating a local entity.
As the business moved toward handling its own distribution, Whisker registered for VAT in the Netherlands and appointed Desucla as General Fiscal Representative. This provided a longer-term structure and enabled the US principal to import into the Netherlands directly under the Dutch framework.
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