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Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
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Fast fashion firm Shein has held talks with the London Stock Exchange about the possibility of a public listing in the United Kingdom, Sky News reported on Monday, citing sources.
Shein’s chairman, Donald Tang, met executives from the LSE and other stakeholders in the UK economy during a visit to London last week, according to the report.
Shein and London Stock Exchange Group did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Last month, Reuters reported that the China-founded firm had confidentially filed to go public in the United States.
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Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have been hired as lead underwriters of the initial public offering, and Singapore-based Shein could launch its new share sale in 2024, the sources said at the time.
The company founded in mainland China in 2012 was valued at more than $60 billion in a May fundraising, down by a third from a funding round last year.
By Manya Saini; Editing by Savio D’Souza and Anil D’Silva
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