Boasting an enormous selection of ultra-cheap items at a time when inflation has shrunk household spending power almost everywhere, Shein and Temu ... the brunt of the cost, analysts say.

With sales of £1.5 billion here in the UK, Shein is one of the biggest apps that sells a huge range of fashion items at cheap prices. Many of the clothes are made in a city in southern China ...

US tariffs on Chinese imports and the closing of a customs loophole will wreak disruption on the business models of e-commerce giants Shein and Temu ... the brunt of the cost, analysts say.