hein invited several fashion influencers to its facilities in China and, surprising no one but Shein and the influencers who took the trip, the internet isn’t thrilled with the viral factory tours. Shein doesn’t appear to think this latest press is bad, though, as they filed confidentially for a US IPO this week. This week Darrell is talking with Amanda Silberling about why Shein is on the "sheouts."

Articles from the episode:

• How Shein’s influencer trip to a Chinese factory backfired
• Netflix quietly axes its basic plan in Canada
• Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake
• DeepMind claims its next chatbot will rival ChatGPT
• LetMeSpy, a phone tracking app spying on thousands, says it was hacked

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