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Big Technology Podcast

How Shein and Temu Snuck Up On Amazon — With Louise Matsakis

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Business, Politics, News, News Commentary, Technology, Government, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Management, Social Sciences, Tech News, Religion, Marketing, Business News, Investing, Science, Entrepreneurship

4.7595 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Louise Matsakis is a technology reporter and writes You May Also Like on Beehiiv. Matsakis joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss her recent story for Big Technology about how Shein and Temu snuck up on Amazon and what these two Chinese ecommerce companies have done to carve out a growing slice of the online retail market. In this story, we talk about demographics, marketing, tariff loopholes, and more. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss the state of the TikTok ban and how China is competing with U.S. Tech. Read the full story: How Shein and Temu Snuck Up on Amazon --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Let's talk about how Amazon is facing what may be its most serious challenge yet, as Chinese

0:05.0

retailer Sheehan and Timu make inroads in the United States and elsewhere. All that more coming up

0:10.9

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1:14.4

Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond today.

1:20.6

We're diving deep into Cheyenne and Timo with the author of a great story, live on bigtechnology.com right now.

1:27.2

Louise Metzakis is here in the house. She's a friend of the show and the author of You great story live on big technology.com right now. Louise Metzacquez is here in the house.

1:29.4

She's a friend of the show and the author of You May Also Like, which you can find at you may also like.

1:35.4

Louise, welcome to the show.

1:37.7

Thanks for having me, Alex.

1:38.6

Great to have you here. Great to be doing this in person, which is cool and a new capability

1:43.3

that we have here at Big Technology

1:45.3

HQ. So you just wrote this great story for us on Shian and Timu. And these are obviously

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