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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Fiona Leishman

Inside America's controversial cheap shopping app Temu rivalling Amazon's prices

A discount shopping app, which exploded in popularity thanks to TikTok, has taken the US by storm with its ultra-low prices and is proving a potential rival to e-shopping giant Amazon.

Temu is a shopping app which has become known as being the online megastore for seriously cheap products. From running shoes for less than $12 to wireless waterproof earbuds for under $5 and eyeshadow palette's for less than $3 - the app has it all.

The app launched in the US in September, and has exploded in popularity as hauls and reviews flooded social media - convincing perhaps sceptical customers of the store's credibility.

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