Arkansas Sues Chinese Slave-Linked Shopping App Temu: ‘Functionally Malware’
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Tuesday that his office will sue Chinese mobile shopping app Temu for fraud and privacy violations, declaring the app “functionally malware” and a threat to the United States. “Tem is not an online marketplace like Amazon or Walmart. It is a data theft business selling products online as a […]
Temu parent company led by top former Chinese Communist officials
The parent company of China-based online marketplace Temu employs a large number of former Chinese Communist Party officials among its executives, posing serious national security risks, experts told The Washington Post. Amazon competitor Temu is expanding aggressively into the US. Its parent company, Shanghai-based Pinduoduo (PDD), is listed on the Nasdaq and currently has a […]
Senate Republicans call for investigation into Temu app
Two Senate Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to investigate Tem, an online marketplace owned by its Chinese parent company. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to the Biden administration expressing concern about Tem and his ties to forced labor and intellectual property theft. He claimed that there […]
Amazon more worried about Temu, Shein than Walmart, Target: report
Reports say Amazon’s top executives are more concerned about China-based competitors Temu and Shein than about the Seattle-based web giant’s decades-long battles with Walmart and Target. It is said that there is. Temu and Shein, fast-growing e-tailers offering cheap goods shipped directly from China, have made significant inroads into the United States in less than […]
PDD Stock Surges As Temu Parent Easily Beats Earnings Expectations – Investor's Business Daily
U.S.-listed PDD shares soared in early Wednesday trading on the back of Tem’s parent company. PDD Holdings (P.D.D.) Fourth-quarter profits easily exceeded expectations. X PDD Holdings PDD announced revenue of 88.8 billion yuan ($12.52 billion) and adjusted profit of 15.83 Chinese yuan ($2.23) per share for the three months ended December 31. Analysts, on average, […]
Chinese shopping app Temu spent $2B on Facebook, Instagram ads
Temu, the Chinese fast fashion brand that has taken the U.S. e-commerce retail industry by storm in recent months, was Metaplatforms’ biggest ad spender on social media sites Facebook and Instagram, according to a report. That’s what it means. Temu’s parent company PDD Holdings spent about $2 billion on advertising with Meta last year alone. […]
US lawmakers demand import ban on goods bought on Chinese app Temu over alleged forced labor: report
U.S. lawmakers have ordered all products sold on the Chinese-owned shopping app Temu to be banned, citing concerns that the fast-growing company is not doing enough to crack down on forced labor. is calling for a ban on imports. Rep. Blaine Lutkemeyer (R-Missouri) is one of several China hawks in Congress agitating for the Biden […]
Temu Ad Highlights Biden Admin’s Inaction Against Slave-Linked Chinese Companies
Chinese e-commerce company Temu launched a campaign this weekend targeting American consumers worth tens of millions of dollars, led by a huge spending spree on Super Bowl ads. Temu, a subsidiary of the parent company of Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo, sells home goods, clothing and other items at deep discounts. In June, a Congressional inquiry […]
Senators, Congressmen Among Many Condemning China’s Temu Following Super Bowl Commercials
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said he was increasingly condemning China’s Tem after the online marketplace aired multiple commercials during Sunday’s Super Bowl XL broadcast on CBS. I’m one of those people. China’s Tem purchased three Super Bowl commercials promoting the site to American consumers. Considering that the commercials during Sunday’s broadcast cost $7 million each, […]
What is Temu, the website you keep seeing ads for during the Super Bowl?
(wagon radio/NEXSTAR) – If you’ve been watching the Super Bowl, you’ve probably noticed a few Temu ads. But what is it? The e-commerce site offers products at incredibly low prices, but experts warn that you should be careful when ordering. Although Temu is headquartered in the US, it is a “sister company” to the giant […]