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Two leaders of the US Shopper Merchandise Security Fee are calling for the company to research e-commerce retailers Shein and Temu after “lethal child and toddler merchandise” had been bought on each web sites, in accordance with a letter posted on the US CPSC web site on Tuesday.
US CPSC Commissioners Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak need the company to guage how Singapore’s Shein, China’s Temu and different foreign-owned e-commerce platforms adjust to its guidelines, deal with relationships with third-party sellers and symbolize imported merchandise.
Shein and PDD Group’s Temu, which each ship low-cost merchandise into the US from China, are elevating “particular considerations” for the Fee for his or her use of de minimis, a rule exempting packages valued at $800 or much less from tariffs if they’re despatched on to consumers.
Critics of Shein and Temu attribute low costs and de minimis to Shein and Temu’s success within the US Each corporations have additionally come beneath scrutiny for the standard of their merchandise.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers final yr deliberate to introduce a invoice to remove the de minimis, which is extensively utilized by e-commerce platforms together with third-party sellers on Amazon.com and Walmart.com.
By Arriana McLymore; Modifying by Stephen Coates
Progress is slowing, competitors is getting intense and regulators have the fast-fashion retailer of their sights. However regardless of investor panic over its prospects, Temu stays an e-commerce powerhouse — one which Western opponents should proceed to look at.
