SHEIN

Started in 2008, SHEIN is a direct-to-consumer fast-fashion brand aimed at Generation Z shoppers, luring younger consumers via Instagram and TikTok influencers, with a barrage of discount codes for lower-priced styles.

SHEIN’s clothing is mostly made in China but its largest target markets are consumers in other countries, especially in the United States. Some of its clothing is priced at half that of fast-fashion retailer Zara and it churns out new product lines on a frantic basis, uploading new ranges online in their hundreds every week.

SHEIN is one of the fastest risers in our ranking, tripling its valuation during the course of 2021 to $47 billion and then jumping to $100 billion during negotiations for another major fundraising round in April 2022, according to media reports. Revenues have not been fully disclosed but were rumoured to be more than $10 billion a year last year and growing at a rapid pace, with sales surging as the pandemic pushed more consumers online.

After years of relative obscurity SHEIN has also been receiving more media coverage, with an app that has overtaken Amazon’s as the most downloaded shopping app in the US and a website that now gets more visits than any other clothing brand or retailer in the world, according to research firm Similarweb.

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