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Shein IPO Flops As Fast-Fashion Empire Sees Growth Slowdown
Shein IPO Flops As Fast-Fashion Empire Sees Growth Slowdown
Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein made its long-awaited Hong Kong market debut Tuesday, only to fall flat in what can only be viewed as a disappointing IPO plagued by investor concerns about slowing growth, rising costs and an increasingly challenged international business model.
"Shein's many challenges are well known to investors and likely behind the sharp share-price fall on IPO day," Vey-Sern Ling, managing director at Union Bancaire Privée, wrote in a note. "Growth is slowing and losses rising amid stiff competition...
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