The ghost stores of Instagram

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🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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That cute dress you bought off Instagram could be found for much cheaper on Shein, AliExpress or Amazon. Vox’s Terry Nguyen explains. Read Terry’s story: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22745054/instagram-boutique-drop-shipping-ghost-stores Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Today's episode was produced by Taylor Maycan, engineered by Melissa Pons from Hemlock Creek Productions, and was hosted by Adam Clark Estes. [this episode is from the Recode Daily archives, original airdate 10/28/2021] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	think about cheese
0:00.9	make your thoughts cheesier
0:03.2	now add 100% chicken breast fillet
0:06.2	Chipotle sauce and amadea cheese melt
0:08.2	and it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's
0:11.3	did we mention it's cheesy
0:13.6	cheese
0:14.2	Availments at the 4th of Jan
0:16.9	26 from 11am
0:18.1	Plus and participation may vary
0:19.1	Subjects availability
0:19.8	It's Reco of Jan 2026 from 11 a.m. Plus, and participation may vary. Subjects availability.
0:25.3	It's Rico Daily.
0:27.1	I'm Adam Clark Estes.
0:30.4	And today, we have a shopping mystery.
0:40.4	So a few months ago, I was just scrolling on Instagram, and I came across this brand patchwork.
0:45.8	And they said that they were a Los Angeles-based, modern chic, women-owned boutique.
0:48.8	This is Terry Nguyen, a reporter for the goods.
0:50.1	It looked really creative.
0:53.2	There were a lot of deconstructed silhouettes.
0:54.8	Like, there were a lot of cropped blazers.
0:56.3	There were a lot of cropped tops.
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