This is what you need to know about ultra-cheap Chinese shopping app Temu, which sells a huge variety of weird things — and has some wondering if it's for real

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Temu sells things as varied as eyeglasses, razors, and teeth-whitening systems — often at very low prices, as shown on its home page.

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Boohoo to pay $197 million settlement in class-action lawsuit alleging the retailer advertised fake discounts on PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal sites

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FILE PHOTO: A shopper walks pass advertising billboards for Boohoo and for 'Pretty Little Things', a Boohoo brand, at Canary Wharf DLR station in central London, Britain, September 17, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena
A shopper walks past advertising billboards for Boohoo and Pretty Little Things at Canary Wharf DLR station in central London

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Late Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh devised a '10X' scheme to spend his wealth in the last weeks of his life. Here's how those close to him took advantage of it.

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Tony Hsieh.

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Amazon is starting to charge a fee for some returns amid a crisis that's costing retailers millions every year

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Amazon gave 'small business' and 'Black-owned business' badges to companies that were neither, report says

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Amazon reportedly gave "Small Business" and "Black-Owned Small Business" badges (right) to companies that don't fit that criteria.

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How this entrepreneur uses AI tools like ChatGPT to work 30 hours a week and earn 7 figures a year

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E-commerce specialist Chase Dimond earned seven figures last year through several income streams.

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I placed my first order on Temu, the Chinese e-commerce app. It worked, but the dozens of marketing emails annoyed me.

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I ordered four items off Temu, including a Tupac ornament and purple electric blender.

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Amazon faces lawsuit for selling products containing donkey meat

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Four wild donkeys stand in a valley in the Mojave desert, near Rhyolite, Nevada.

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T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods are reaping huge benefits from store closures and shopping slowdowns that are crushing other retailers

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Retail CEO crisis: With recent shakeups at Kohl's, Adidas, Dollar General, and more, the industry's top job is suddenly the hardest to fill

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From left: The RealReal's Julie Wainwright, Bed Bath & Beyond's Mark Tritton, VF Corporation's Steve Rendle, Under Armour's Patrik Frisk, and Gap's Sonia Syngal.

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