cover of episode Why online retailers all sell the same crappy products

Why online retailers all sell the same crappy products

2024/9/26
logo of podcast Power User with Taylor Lorenz

Power User with Taylor Lorenz

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If you do a lot of online shopping, you may be experiencing deja vu. Amazon, AliExpress, WalMart, Temu, eBay, the TikTok shop, even Etsy all seem to be selling the exact same, cheaply made products from China. How did this happen? Have we reached some sort of eCommerce singularity? And what does this say about the future of online shopping? Are we all doomed to have shitty cheap products forever? Taylor is joined by New York Magazines John Herman to discuss.

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