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Last week, Shein’s IPO came closer to fruition, but the Chinese fast fashion giant seems to have abandoned its intent to go public in the U.S. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Glossy Podcast for interviews with fashion industry leaders and Week in Review episodes, and the Glossy Beauty Podcast for interviews from the beauty industry. –Danny Parisi, sr. fashion reporter
Shein’s London IPO
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein has been seeking an initial public offering for over a year now. The company was rejected for membership to the U.S.-based National Retail Federation, and numerous U.S. lawmakers including Senator Marco Rubio have expressed their support for the SEC blocking any potential U.S. IPO for the Chinese company.
But now Shein has apparently abandoned its attempts to go public in the U.S. Instead, Bloomberg reported that Shein will likely IPO in London as soon as this week. The IPO would reportedly value Shein at over $64 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs in the history of the U.K. Shein, which is based in Singapore, still needs approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for the IPO to go through.
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