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Starmer Plans to Leave Scrutiny of Shein IPO to UK Regulator

The UK government plans to defer scrutiny of Shein’s potential London stock listing to the Financial Conduct Authority, avoiding a deeper examination of the Chinese retailer’s labour practices despite calls from some Labour MPs to strengthen protections.

Retail

Starmer Plans to Leave Scrutiny of Shein IPO to UK Regulator

The UK government plans to defer scrutiny of Shein’s potential London stock listing to the Financial Conduct Authority, avoiding a deeper examination of the Chinese retailer’s labour practices despite calls from some Labour MPs to strengthen protections.


Retail

This Week: The Holiday Shopping Season Begins

Consumers are getting choosier about where they spend. Retailers will need to work extra hard to ensure it’s in their stores, and not competitors’.

Retail

This Week: The Holiday Shopping Season Begins

Consumers are getting choosier about where they spend. Retailers will need to work extra hard to ensure it’s in their stores, and not competitors’.


Retail

US Crackdown on Cheap Chinese Goods Takes Aim at Temu, Shein

Plans to begin taxing US imports worth less than $800 would shut a loophole that that has helped fuel the Chinese-linked e-commerce players’ growth.

Retail

US Crackdown on Cheap Chinese Goods Takes Aim at Temu, Shein

Plans to begin taxing US imports worth less than $800 would shut a loophole that that has helped fuel the Chinese-linked e-commerce players’ growth.


Retail

The Debrief | Fast Fashion Market Disruption With Shein and H&M

BoF Executive Editor Brian Baskin dives into how Shein’s rise has upended the fast fashion industry and explores how H&M is fighting back with BoF correspondents Sarah Kent and Cathleen Chen.

Retail

The Debrief | Fast Fashion Market Disruption With Shein and H&M

BoF Executive Editor Brian Baskin dives into how Shein’s rise has upended the fast fashion industry and explores how H&M is fighting back with BoF correspondents Sarah Kent and Cathleen Chen.


Sustainability

Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts

The ultra-fast-fashion giant’s planet-warming emissions have nearly tripled in the last three years as its growth far outpaced other major fashion companies. In Shein's latest sustainability report, CEO Sky Xu says tackling emissions is “particularly critical."

Sustainability

Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts

The ultra-fast-fashion giant’s planet-warming emissions have nearly tripled in the last three years as its growth far outpaced other major fashion companies. In Shein's latest sustainability report, CEO Sky Xu says tackling emissions is “particularly critical."


Sustainability

Shein Reveals Child Labour Cases as It Steps Up Supplier Audits

The company said both cases had been “resolved swiftly,” with remediation steps including ending underage employees’ contracts, arranging medical checkups, and facilitating repatriation to parents or guardians as necessary.

Sustainability

Shein Reveals Child Labour Cases as It Steps Up Supplier Audits

The company said both cases had been “resolved swiftly,” with remediation steps including ending underage employees’ contracts, arranging medical checkups, and facilitating repatriation to parents or guardians as necessary.


Sustainability

Shein Is on a Pre-IPO Charm Offensive

The controversial e-commerce giant is on a charm offensive as it seeks to manage regulation that takes aim at fast fashion and drum up support for a possible London listing.

Sustainability

Shein Is on a Pre-IPO Charm Offensive

The controversial e-commerce giant is on a charm offensive as it seeks to manage regulation that takes aim at fast fashion and drum up support for a possible London listing.


Retail

Op-Ed | Let Temu Keep the Cheap Stuff. Amazon Should Go Luxe.

Amazon will struggle to beat Temu and Shein at their own game, and in the process, it risks devaluing what has become its core proposition: convenience.

Retail

Op-Ed | Let Temu Keep the Cheap Stuff. Amazon Should Go Luxe.

Amazon will struggle to beat Temu and Shein at their own game, and in the process, it risks devaluing what has become its core proposition: convenience.


Financial Markets

This Week: Waiting for the Shein IPO

The fast fashion giant is reportedly close to filing to go public in London, but faces doubts about its business and the political environment.

Financial Markets

This Week: Waiting for the Shein IPO

The fast fashion giant is reportedly close to filing to go public in London, but faces doubts about its business and the political environment.


Retail

Shein’s Pre-IPO Charm Offensive Hits Roadblocks in Europe

With industrial policy a key issue in the EU election, apparel manufacturers, retailers and e-commerce companies are trying to put cheap clothes from China on the agenda.

Retail

Shein’s Pre-IPO Charm Offensive Hits Roadblocks in Europe

With industrial policy a key issue in the EU election, apparel manufacturers, retailers and e-commerce companies are trying to put cheap clothes from China on the agenda.