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🗓️ 13 February 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In just a few short years, the Chinese fast fashion company Shein upended the way countless young women shop online. It’s approach could soon shape the way everyone else shops, too.

Guest: Louise Matsakis, freelance technology reporter

Host: Lizzie O’Leary

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0:00.0	Between forgetting the sellotape,
0:01.6	trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table,
0:04.1	and the cat taking down the tree.
0:06.1	Again!
0:07.1	Christmas can be tricky.
0:10.4	At least with Royal Mail, sending parcels is easy.
0:13.6	You can save time and money when you buy your postage online
0:16.3	and will collect from your door for zero pounds.
0:18.6	Whether you have one, two or twenty to send,
0:21.4	just click, save and will collect.
0:23.6	Visit RoyalMail.com forward slash send.
0:26.4	Simple. Offer end 31st of December for details online.
0:34.1	I spent $500 on Shine.
0:37.9	If you keep up with TikTok trends,
0:39.6	you've probably come across a She-in-Haul.
0:41.8	I just ran on a Shine Haul.
0:44.4	Got $500 worth of clothes for $10.
0:48.5	A woman usually young, often white, showcases the massive amount of cheap clothing
0:54.0	she got from the Chinese online retailer She-in.
0:57.2	The TikTok robot voice lady says it wrong.
0:59.6	Good news is I've got clothes for all of Winter.
1:02.1	Bad news is I'm out $600.
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