Despite ongoing concerns about import charges involving discount retail sites, the expected Black Friday peak signals “an unstoppable tsunami for freight forwarders”.
In the most recent inspection, 144 products from Shein, AliExpress and Temu were tested, and multiple products from all companies failed to meet legal standards.
Colin Huang’s rise to the top of the billionaire list in China might be short-lived – much like the lifespan of most products sold on Temu. Call it fast fortune if you will.
Paris mayor swims in Seine to prove its safe for the Olympics, SARS is cracking down harder on Temu and Shein, Daniel Craig gets an edgy grandpa style, and KZN shootout leaves four suspects dead.
Pod of 77 whales die in ‘biggest mass stranding in decades’, King Charles buys luxe NYC condo, Biden calls Kamala Harris ‘Vice President Trump’, and Mercedes-Benz is walking back its all-EV future.
The prices Saffas pay for products from these “marketing megalodons” will increase significantly soon.
Shell could exit SA after BEE partner fallout, Coral die-off sweeps the planet, City Power wants military to help fight cable theft, and Wes Anderson directs a short film for Montblanc.
Just know that every time you hit that ‘order’ button, a small clothing store shuts down somewhere, mother nature becomes more strained, and a labourer probably suffers silently in a sweatshop somewhere.
There are ethical issues that need to be raised over massive online sellers like Temu and Amazon, especially if you want independent, smaller businesses to survive.