: retail business conducted online via the World Wide Web
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Since 2021 the e-tail pioneer has been acting as a senior adviser to The Carlyle Group on international private equity transactions and has invested in global streaming platform Mubi and Bending Spoons, an Italian technology company.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
But don’t count them out of the U.S. e-tail scene, experts say
On Friday, the de minimis rule — a policy that had exempted U.S. imports worth $800 from trade tariffs — officially closed for shipments from China.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 May 2025
Less than 10 minutes into a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, during which a Shein representative equivocated on questions relating to the e-tail Goliath’s supply chain and a potential public float, a visibly frustrated Member of Parliament made his feelings known in no uncertain terms.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
The e-tail leviathan holds a 50 percent market share of fast fashion sales in the United States, per Statista’s calculations, with that market share doubling since March 2022 (which doubled against 2020).
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Among the protestors’ demands were fair wages, freedom of association and for the e-tail Goliath to sign the International Accord.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Less than 10 minutes into a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, during which a Shein representative equivocated on questions relating to the e-tail Goliath’s supply chain and a potential public float, a visibly frustrated Member of Parliament made his feelings known in no uncertain terms.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
Some of the pullback is also due to intense competition from Chinese e-tail rivals Shein and Temu.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2024
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
But don’t count them out of the U.S. e-tail scene, experts say
On Friday, the de minimis rule — a policy that had exempted U.S. imports worth $800 from trade tariffs — officially closed for shipments from China.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 May 2025
Less than 10 minutes into a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, during which a Shein representative equivocated on questions relating to the e-tail Goliath’s supply chain and a potential public float, a visibly frustrated Member of Parliament made his feelings known in no uncertain terms.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
The e-tail leviathan holds a 50 percent market share of fast fashion sales in the United States, per Statista’s calculations, with that market share doubling since March 2022 (which doubled against 2020).
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Among the protestors’ demands were fair wages, freedom of association and for the e-tail Goliath to sign the International Accord.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Less than 10 minutes into a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, during which a Shein representative equivocated on questions relating to the e-tail Goliath’s supply chain and a potential public float, a visibly frustrated Member of Parliament made his feelings known in no uncertain terms.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
Some of the pullback is also due to intense competition from Chinese e-tail rivals Shein and Temu.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2024
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“E-tail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e-tail. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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