The Chinese sites Temu and Shein have faced harsh criticism for a long time. Among other things, it has been about inhumane working conditions, the sale of products containing poison and false campaigns.
In May, Temu was reported by Sweden’s consumers and 16 other European consumer organizations for having manipulated customers. According to Temu themselves, they are determined to adapt to the rules of the European market in the future.
Despite that, there are many Swedes who shop from these sites whose business models consist of selling goods at extremely cheap prices.
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Now the organization Swedish Trade has appealed to the government. They want the Swedish government to flag the sites Temu and Shein, something that was previously done in Denmark.
– In Denmark, consumers have been urged not to shop from those sites, says Viktor Schmidtpress manager at Swedish Handel, to News24 and continues:
– It depends above all on product safety. You notice that the products that are sold do not meet the laws and requirements that exist in the EU.
In Sweden, there is the so-called product safety law that manufacturers, importers and distributors are obliged to fulfill, but since Shein and Temu are provided by Chinese actors, these laws do not apply to them.
That does not mean that Shein’s and Temu’s actions are okay, Svensk Handel thinks.
In a press release under the name “Government must mark against Temu and Shein” writes the organization that Swedish companies, jobs and tax revenue are at risk of being lost.
“It is unacceptable that Chinese e-commerce giants are allowed to play by different rules than our Swedish companies” writes Sofia Larsen at Swedish Trade in the press release.
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Viktor Schmidt believes that a marking by the government would affect the habits of Swedish consumers.
– Given that we know that 71 percent of Swedish consumers state that they have at some point shopped from Temu or Shein, hopefully a mark from the Swedish government is something that would have some kind of effect on Swedish consumers’ habits, he tells Nyheter24.