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  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: July
    Direct sales put emerging jewellers in the spotlight

    Ecommerce can provide resilience in a rocky retail landscape but requires a clear strategy and a decent budget

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  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Shein, Temu and the parcel wars

    Restricting trade is not the best way to make Chinese retailers meet product standards

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  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
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    Amazon should not join Shein and Temu’s race to the bottom Premium content

    As US group faces antitrust lawsuits, it is better to let challengers flame out in a bid for market share

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  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU takes aim at China’s Temu and Shein with proposed import duty

    European Commission plans to scrap €150 threshold below which goods are exempt from customs duties

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  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon’s international unit on track to swing into annual profit

    Change in fortunes comes after tech giant reorganises warehouses and delivery operations in key overseas markets

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  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Shein
    Shein keeps option of Hong Kong IPO as back-up plan

    Fast-fashion group’s ambition of listing in London is facing scrutiny in UK and China

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  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon set to take on Temu and Shein with new discount section

    Ecommerce giant seeks to mirror cut-price rivals’ business model of direct-from-China offerings

    A delivery worker moves Amazon packages on a cart through a street in New York
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Shein
    Shein files confidential paperwork ahead of possible London listing

    Singapore-based online fashion group is still waiting for green light from China’s regulators

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  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    THG PLC
    THG signs tie-up with Sports Direct owner Frasers

    Ecommerce group to sell luxury goods websites, including Coggles, to retailer

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  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    China’s 618 online shopping event marks first-ever sales drop

    Ecommerce festival loses lustre as platforms offer year-round discounts

    Aerial view of workers sorting packages at a JD.com warehouse in Beijing
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    LexChina
    China’s shopping slump will force ecommerce laggards overseas Premium content

    A sales drop has exposed the gap between rivals with a global presence and those relying on domestic customers

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Shein
    Labour resists calls to close tax loophole used by Shein

    Rivals demand crackdown on Chinese-founded fast-fashion company ahead of its planned London IPO

    Customers hold Shein shopping bags outside a Shein store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon’s workers at UK warehouse to vote on union representation

    Results of ballot of 3,000 Coventry-based staff due on July 15

    Amazon workers with GMB union placards during a strike outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry in January 2023
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    News in-depthShein
    Shein chases new revenue streams as it prepares for London listing

    Ecommerce company has been diversifying away from fast fashion and trying to improve customer loyalty

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  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Shein
    US senator urges UK to investigate Shein’s labour practices ahead of IPO

    China hawk Marco Rubio says allegations of ‘unethical and irresponsible business practices’ should be vetted before London listing

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  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Checkout Group Ltd
    Senior executive at UK payment company Checkout.com to leave

    Chief operating officer Céline Dufétel to depart what was once Europe’s most valuable start-up

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  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Morocco start-up founders saw future on sub-Saharan travels

    Top 10-ranking Chari is part of fast-expanding ecommerce activity

    A man and a woman are posing together in front of a booth at a trade show. The man, standing on the left, is wearing a light-colored shirt and pants, while the woman, seated on the right, is dressed in a striped jacket over a striped shirt. Behind them is a banner for Chari Money, a fintech company, with details about the company and logos for the event
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Shein
    Shein fashion group plans to file for London listing in coming days

    Confidential filing would lay groundwork for blockbuster IPO and provide a coup for faltering UK stock exchange

    A woman takes a selfie at a Shein pop-up store
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Food delivery apps rack up $20bn in losses in fierce battle for diners

    DoorDash, Deliveroo, Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway put new focus on profits, despite slower growth following the pandemic

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  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Will Shein revive London’s stock market? Premium content

    Plus, more companies withdraw UK job offers over new visa rules

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  • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
    Personal Finance
    What I wish I’d known before my smartphone was snatched

    As phone theft surges, how can you protect your financial data?

  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Luxury goods
    Online retailer Mytheresa says it will benefit from luxury ecommerce implosion

    Shares in New York-listed platform have climbed this year even as rivals such as Matchesfashion and Farfetch collapsed

    A model walks the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana X Mytheresa capsule presentation
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon cloud sales growth accelerates as group prepares for more AI spending

    Ecommerce company’s operating income more than triples as Amazon Web Services and adverts provide a boost

    An Amazon Web Services logo is pictured at a trade fair
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
    Shopify sets its sights on big-ticket clients

    The ecommerce platform for millions of merchants has ambitious plans to expand at the high end

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  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Matchesfashion.com
    Prada and Burberry among Matchesfashion creditors owed £36mn

    Hundreds of suppliers to luxury ecommerce group likely to receive ‘less than a penny in the pound’

    Models wear creations part of the Prada women’s Fall-Winter 2024-25 collection presented at the MIlan’s Fashion Week in Milan
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