Shein reportedly agreed to pay $100 million to settle an FTC investigation. | The Verge

Posted Oct 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTC S External Link Stevie Bonifield Shein reportedly agreed to pay $100 million to settle an FTC investigation. According to Reuters ’ sources, the FTC was investigating Shein over “delivery delays and other customer complaints,” adding that the settlement would be “equivalent to 44% of Shein’s second-quarter profit.” The European Union also opened an investigation into Shein earlier this year over concerns about “addictive design” features and illegal product listings. Fast-fashion group Shein agrees to pay $100 million to settle US FTC probe [ Reuters ] Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Stevie Bonifield Business News Online Shopping Policy Politics Regulation Tech Comments Loading comments Getting the conversation ready... Most Popular Most Popular Trump says Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean Tesla driver using Full Self-Driving struck and killed a man crossing I-80 The iPhone Duo is a messy, expensive, good time Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption Video Sure, let’s smoosh SpaceX and Tesla together, who cares The Verge Daily A free daily digest of the news that matters most. Email (required) Sign Up By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy . We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.