[Link] How Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Used Big Tech to Change the Way We Shop

Read: 23/1/2022 www.vice.com

Depending on where you’ve been scrolling online this past year, you might have seen ads for a company called Shein, bearing taglines like “Make every day your Shein day!” and offers to win 250 outfits with a single click.

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[Link] Cardboard shortages deal another blow to strained supply chains

Read: 31/10/2021 arstechnica.com

First it was toilet paper. Then it was processors and other silicon. Now it’s cardboard. (And there’s a whole lot of other stuff in between.) The latest kink in the planet’s ever-gnarled supply chain is one that is sending retailers, shippers, and consumers all scrambling.

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