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Oct. 31 2024 at 9:02 p.m
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The Temu and Shein platforms “represent 22% of our parcels”, declared this Wednesday October 30, 2024, the CEO of the Post Office Philippe Wahl during a parliamentary hearing, one point more than those managed for Amazon and while they weighed “less than 5% five years ago”.
The company's management subsequently clarified that the share of parcels managed on behalf of the two platforms was much more significant in France than in Europe.
The parcel delivery activity accounts for more than half of La Poste's turnover, while its historic activity, letters, will only account for 15% of its sales at the end of this year, according to Philippe Wahl.
Brands widely criticized
Shein, an application founded in China in 2012, is considered an emblem of the social and environmental excesses of low-cost fashion. In 2022, we indicated that 15% of clothing sold by Shein would contain toxic pollutants.
Temu, which is experiencing meteoric growth in Europe thanks to a strategy of low prices, is the international version of the Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Pinduoduo, born in 2015. It offers a plethora of products: clothing, toys, decoration, tools, high-tech…
At the end of September, six countries of the European Union, Germany, France, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Poland, asked the European Union to tighten the screws against these online commerce sites. online, suspected of selling products that are sometimes dangerous for consumers.
In June, the Commission requested information from Temu and Shein in order to verify their compliance with European rules on consumer protection, questioning them in particular on the measures they implement to allow the reporting of illegal products.
This Thursday, the Commission opened an investigation, in order to ensure that the products sold (by Temu) respect EU standards and do not endanger consumers,” explained Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. , in a press release.
Source: AFP
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