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New Chinese shopping app Temu is set to overtake Amazon. What makes it so addictive?

  • Written by Shasha Wang, Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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If you spend much time online you’ve probably seen one of Temu’s colourful ads – punctuated by its catchy tagline: “shopping like a billionaire”.

Temu specialises in selling various everyday items, including clothing, toys and household goods, for extremely low prices. Shanghai-based company PDD Holdings...

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