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Low-cost E-commerce Rivals Shein and Temu Shelve US Court Cases

A model presents a creation by Indonesian fashion brand Artkea Stripes x IKYK during the Jakarta Fashion Week 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 October 2023. The fashion event runs from 23 to 29 October 2023. EPA/ADI WEDA
A model presents a creation by Indonesian fashion brand Artkea Stripes x IKYK during the Jakarta Fashion Week 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 October 2023. The fashion event runs from 23 to 29 October 2023. EPA/ADI WEDA
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Low-cost E-commerce Rivals Shein and Temu Shelve US Court Cases

A model presents a creation by Indonesian fashion brand Artkea Stripes x IKYK during the Jakarta Fashion Week 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 October 2023. The fashion event runs from 23 to 29 October 2023. EPA/ADI WEDA
A model presents a creation by Indonesian fashion brand Artkea Stripes x IKYK during the Jakarta Fashion Week 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 October 2023. The fashion event runs from 23 to 29 October 2023. EPA/ADI WEDA

Fierce rivals Shein and PDD Holdings-owned Temu have applied to end their legal fights with each other in the US, documents show, marking a truce even as a global market share battle between the low-price online platforms heats up.
Joint declarations were filed to courts in Chicago and Boston by lawyers representing the companies and their subsidiaries, requesting that two legal cases be dismissed "without prejudice" by their judges, Reuters reported.
The filings did not contain details on why they had decided to drop their complaints or whether any settlement had been made. Neither firm immediately responded to a request for comment on the filings on Friday.
Shein's lawsuit against Temu, filed last December in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleged that Temu told social media influencers to make disparaging remarks about the fast-fashion retailer, and tricked customers into downloading the Temu app using "imposter" social media accounts.
In July, Temu filed its own lawsuit in Boston federal court, accusing Shein of violating US antitrust law in its dealings with clothing manufacturers.
Temu's complaint alleged Shein "forces manufacturers to sign loyalty oaths certifying that they will not do business with Temu."
In previous statements, both firms denied any wrongdoing in the cases.
The two companies have shaken up the global retailing landscape with an ultra-fast fashion, low-price shopping model.
Shein, founded in China, and valued at $66 billion, sells fast fashion at rock bottom prices, including dresses priced at $10 and bike shorts for around $5. The company produces clothing, mainly in China, that is sold online in the US, Europe and Asia.
Temu, whose parent company PDD Holdings also owns Chinese shopping platform Pinduoduo, similarly sells low-priced clothing but is equally well known for stocking cheap headphones and home appliances.
According to a note from HSBC analysts published this week, Temu is targeting $16 billion in gross merchandising volume (GMV) in 2023, versus consensus estimates of $11 billion.
 

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UK's ASOS to Sell Lichfield Center to Marks & Spencer for $90 Million

FILE PHOTO: Branded shopping bags are displayed in an ASOS pop-up store in London, Britain, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Branded shopping bags are displayed in an ASOS pop-up store in London, Britain, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
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UK's ASOS to Sell Lichfield Center to Marks & Spencer for $90 Million

FILE PHOTO: Branded shopping bags are displayed in an ASOS pop-up store in London, Britain, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Branded shopping bags are displayed in an ASOS pop-up store in London, Britain, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

ASOS ‌said on Monday it will sell its Lichfield fulfilment center to rival Marks & Spencer for 66 million pounds ($89.7 million), as the British retailer looks to simplify operations and dispose of non-core assets.

Here are some details:

* ASOS expects the ‌sale of ‌the facility, which ‌is ⁠used by retailers to ⁠store products and process orders, to generate a one-off pre-tax profit of 85 million pounds and annual cash cost savings of 6 ⁠million pounds.

* ASOS ‌has been ‌focused on reducing costs and ‌trimming operations as it grapples ‌with weaker consumer spending and inflationary pressures.

* The disposal is aimed to address the company's excess capacity, ‌the retailer said, adding that its fulfilment centers in ⁠Barnsley ⁠and Berlin give it enough capacity for future growth.

* ASOS expects the disposal to be completed during the second half of fiscal year 2026.

* The company said its Atlanta fulfilment center will be its only non-core asset.

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Zara Denies Infringing Jo Malone Trademark in Estee Lauder Case

The Zara clothing store logo is seen at the entrance of a store in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
The Zara clothing store logo is seen at the entrance of a store in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Zara Denies Infringing Jo Malone Trademark in Estee Lauder Case

The Zara clothing store logo is seen at the entrance of a store in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
The Zara clothing store logo is seen at the entrance of a store in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Fashion retailer Zara has denied infringing Estee Lauder's Jo Malone trademark, saying in UK High Court filings that it uses the perfumer's name on fragrances it sells in collaboration with her in line with principles the cosmetics giant set out in 2020.

Estee Lauder bought Malone's eponymous perfume brand and the rights to use her name in 1999. Malone left the company in 2006 and launched a new fragrance label, "Jo Loves", in 2011, before starting a perfume collaboration with Zara in 2019.

Although the Zara perfume bottles only feature its own branding, the lawsuit brought by Estee Lauder against Malone, "Jo Loves", and Zara's UK business is based on the words "Jo Malone" being included in the product descriptions on Zara's website and "Created by Jo ⁠Malone CBE, founder ⁠of Jo Loves" on the back of the packaging.

A spokesperson for The Estée Lauder Companies declined to comment on the defense filing by ITX, the UK subsidiary of Zara owner Inditex, which was seen by Reuters.

The spokesperson referred to the company's statement when the suit was filed in March, saying Malone agreed in 1999 to "refraining from using the Jo Malone name in certain commercial contexts, including the marketing of fragrances".

ITX said in its defense filing that Estee Lauder complained in August 2020 about "Jo Malone" being ⁠used in a post on Zara's official Weibo social media account in China, but that the US company's lawyers had said in October of that year that this was within the permitted scope of use.

The ITX filing said Estee Lauder's lawyers at the same time set out principles for Zara's use of the name, saying Zara should use "Jo Malone CBE,Ms Jo Malone,Ms Malone" or "Jo" to differentiate between the individual and the brand, and not refer to her as founder of the fragrance brand Jo Malone.

The wording on the perfume packaging and on Zara's website is in accordance with those principles, ITX said in the filing.

ITX said the case triggers the broader question of how Malone "can fairly and legitimately refer to herself" in light of Estee Lauder's trademark. The Zara perfume ⁠descriptions now read: "In ⁠collaboration with perfumer Ms. Jo Malone CBE, founder of Jo Loves."

Malone, who did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment, posted a video statement on her personal Instagram account last month about the use of her name.

"Seven years ago, I started to work with Zara, they approached me, they didn't approach a company, they didn't approach a brand, they didn't approach a logo, they approached me, Jo Malone, the person ... we have gone above and beyond to make sure everyone understands this has nothing to do with Jo Malone London the company," she said in the statement.

ITX also denied Estee Lauder's claim of "passing off" - the practice of misleading consumers into thinking goods or services are those of another company - and denied the lawsuit's characterization of its perfumes as "budget".

On Zara's UK website the perfumes, including "Energetically New York,Elegantly Tokyo," and "Fashionably London" are priced at 35.99 pounds ($48.82) per 100ml bottle. Jo Malone perfumes sell for 122 pounds and above for the same volume.

Inditex declined to comment on the ITX filing.

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Superdry Co-founder Jailed by UK Court for Eight Years for Rape

FILE - People cue in the rain waiting for the grand opening of the Superdry store in New York's Times Square, on May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
FILE - People cue in the rain waiting for the grand opening of the Superdry store in New York's Times Square, on May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Superdry Co-founder Jailed by UK Court for Eight Years for Rape

FILE - People cue in the rain waiting for the grand opening of the Superdry store in New York's Times Square, on May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
FILE - People cue in the rain waiting for the grand opening of the Superdry store in New York's Times Square, on May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

The co-founder of British fashion brand Superdry, James Holder, was sentenced to eight years in jail for rape on Thursday at a court in southwest England.

A jury found Holder, 54, guilty last week of raping a woman in 2022 after meeting her in a bar in Cheltenham.

Judge David Chidgey described the rape by the multimillionaire fashion boss as "a despicable piece of sexual violence.”

"It was about your sense of entitlement and your sense of doing what you wanted and your causal disregard for the victim's absolute right to say what she wanted to do with her own body," Chidgey told Bristol Crown Court.

Holder was one of the co-founders of Superdry in 2003, but left the group in 2016.

The streetwear brand was delisted from the London Stock Exchange in 2024 after announcing a drop in sales and has rebranded as Superdry & Co.