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Talking Points: Are Temu and Shein’s fashion deals too good to be true?

13/11/2025Diah Kusuma

MINNEAPOLIS — One survey says consumers will spend on average $985 dollars on holiday items this year. But with inflation and interest rates high, low prices are a huge draw, and no one has lower prices than two relatively new retail giants Temu and Shein.

Tonight in Talking Points, Esme Murphy learns more about the companies and finds out if the low prices are for real. And what about quality?

Talking Points: Are Temu and Shein’s fashion deals too good to be true? (part 1)

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Originating from China, both Shein and Temu face questions about their business practices including allegations of forced labor.

Murphy spoke with Tracy Perlman, an executive producer at WCCO, about her experience as a Shein customer. Perlman was attracted by the convivence of the online shopping app, but says returning a product was her biggest problem.

“I’ll buy four or five items, and need to return two of them. And it’s just not worth it for me to go to the post office. So I leave them in the bag,” said Perlman, “I end up donating them or giving them to friends.”

Perlman isn’t alone in her frustrations over returning products. Shein currently has an

6 of the Best Shopping Apps of 2023

19/09/2024Diah Kusuma

Mobile phones and sleek apps make it too easy to spend money at any given time, but the convenience is nice when you need something. Some of the top shopping apps may already be installed on your phone, while others may be unfamiliar.

This list looks at six chart-topping free apps in the shopping category on the Apple App Store. Apps featured are available on the Google Play store as well. Read on, especially if you’ve been wondering what Temu is, and how it compares with Amazon.

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Best for: A big selection of cheap products at your fingertips.

Details: It feels like Temu landed at the top of the shopping category on the App Store out of nowhere. Like Amazon, it’s an online marketplace with a wide selection of products from millions of sellers. Browse the app or website for just a minute and you’ll be struck by the volume of products at prices under $10 from brands you’ve probably never heard of. One Temu “lightning deal” at the time of this writing featured a pair of men’s casual cargo pants for just $9.77. How long will $10 pants last? Expect prices to fluctuate frequently, especially once a lightning

Federal agents, police raid Society Hill Loan pawn shop in Philadelphia for connection to retail theft ring: Sources

31/08/2024Diah Kusuma

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Federal agents spent hours raiding a South Street pawn shop in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Sources tell Action News the raid was part of a multi-million dollar retail theft ring that stretched across the country.

Federal agents with Homeland Security begin removing items from Society Hill Loan, a pawn shop that has been a fixture at 7th and South streets, around noon.

Neighbors watched as agents hauled boxes marked as evidence out of the store and loaded them into unmarked cargo trucks.

Some of the items agents carried out of the store include power tools.

Sources told Action News the joint investigation involves Homeland Security and Philadelphia police and is connected to a multi-state retail theft ring that has amassed millions of dollars.

Sources also confirmed that two other stores, including one on the 3100 block of Kensington Avenue and Lou’s Pawn Shop on Market Street in Wilmington, Delaware, were also visited by federal agents on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the Office of Homeland Security Investigations would not confirm if the store’s owners were facing any charges or what agents brought to the store.

Society Hill Loan has remained a fixture on South Street for years and has