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Jan 2022
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“Where Does This End?”: The Rise of Ultr...

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E-commerce clothing hub Shein is now one of the world’s biggest fashion companies, beating out Amazon as the most popular shopping app. Connecting Chinese clothing manufacturers directly to shoppers on the other side of the globe, Shein has nearly single handedly invented “ultra-fast” fashion. But where did they come from? And where is this all going? 


Reporters Louise Matsakis and Meaghan Tobin, for the website Rest of World, have been investigating how this company is transforming a generation’s consumption habits.


This episode was produced by Sophie Kazis.


VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek, Adizah Eghan, and Sam Greenspan. Our associate producers are Steph Brown, Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi, Natasha Jacobs and Kyle Murdock. 

 

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. 



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