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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Emma Lunn

Shein’s £20bn stock market float: Should you be buying clothes or shares?

In 2026, big tech has taken up investing headlines with SpaceX joining the list of public companies and AI firms OpenAI and Anthropic likely to follow suit - but you don’t have to look at the latest cutting edge technology to find well-known companies taking theat step.

Online retail platform Shein could be valued at up to £19.8 billion ($27 billion) when it makes its long-awaited stock market debut in Hong Kong, expected to take place on 1 September.

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