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Retail model built on producing low-cost clothing quickly in response to trends.
Primark plans to launch home delivery in Britain, after skipping online sales through Covid and offering only click-and-collect since 2022. Analyst Julie Palmer says a returns policy can "make or break" such a service, and Primark has not said when it starts.
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Adidas is suing Sydney label White Fox in Australia's Federal Court, saying its four-stripe clothing is deceptively similar to the Adidas three-stripe mark. Its barrister calls it a simple case because of a 2013 win over four-stripe shoes, a ruling White Fox distinguishes as being about footwear.
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The 30% stake that made Sky Xu a $23bn founder is worth about $8bn at the listing price, and the roughly $73bn of company value that went missing says more about where Hong Kong's marginal IPO buyer went than about clothes.
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Shein swung from a $395 million quarterly profit a year earlier to a $99 million first-quarter loss as U.S. sales fell 14.3%. An accounting charge more than covers that loss, so the valuation question is what Shein still offers when Temu, Amazon and Walmart sell near its prices.
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Shein's quarterly profit fell 67% in its first results since listing, and its shares dropped as much as 14% in Hong Kong on Tuesday. At about $17 billion, against $26 billion at its September 1 debut, the price now depends on whether the thinner margin is temporary.
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Fortune has the stock down as much as 10%, to about HK$44, valuing the fast-fashion group near Ralph Lauren, in the same season Shanghai handed CXMT a 466% first day and Unitree about 629%.
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