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Shein and Temu battle in court and the marketplace

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Shein and Temu are going head-to-head competing for U.S. consumers looking to buy inexpensive goods online. Shein has filed a lawsuit against Temu, accusing it of hiring social media influencers to make “false and deceptive statements” about it.

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