TEMU Is TRASH (and so was their Response to Our Exposé)

With gamified shopping and low low prices, TEMU has quickly become the biggest ultra-fast fashion powerhouse. But it's not just fast fashion, it's every product you can think of. Literally! So how unsustainable and unethical is TEMU? Why do people keep shopping their cheap throwaways? And what can we actually do about it? We go deep into the major issues with this business, how they responded with blatant greenwashing to the article we published on SJ about their practices and what our response was. 00:00 Intro 01:02 What is TEMU? 02:30 How Cheap Are TEMU Products? 03:50 How TEMU Gets You to Buy Buy Buy 05:18 Who is Behind TEMU 06:38 Is TEMU a SCAM? 08:45 TEMU's Response to our Exposé 10:25 TEMU's Sustainability 13:25 TEMU's Ethics 14:35 The Undeniable Appeal of TEMU 16:10 Outro Resources: https://www.sustainablejungle.com/sustainable-fashion/is-temu-fast-fashion https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/02/tech/china-pinduoduo-malware-cybersecurity-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/tech/temu-shopping-app-us-popularity-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-27/pinduoduo-app-malware-detailed-by-cybersecurity-researchers?sref=IIP4JEyu https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/tech/china-google-pinduoduo-malware-app-intl-hk/index.html https://www.wired.com/story/temu-is-losing-millions-of-dollars-to-send-you-cheap-socks/ https://www.fashiondive.com/news/temu-shein-temporary-restraining-order/689882/ https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/Issue_Brief-Shein_Temu_and_Chinese_E-Commerce.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/25/pinduoduo-us-labor-practices-worker-conditions https://apnews.com/article/temu-shein-forced-labor-china-de7b5398c76fda58404abc6ec5684972# https://www.theinformation.com/articles/u-s-lawmakers-demand-temu-shipment-ban-over-forced-labor-concerns