Here, we’re sharing some suggestions for highly rated brands that offer items in the categories Temu sells: mens and womenswear, kids’ clothes, homewares, and beauty. Why ‘We Avoid’ TemuDespite launching in 2022, Temu has quickly dominated the ultra fast fashion industry and brought serious competition to long-established multi-category retailers like Amazon. The retailer says this variety and its very low prices allow consumers to “shop like a billionaire”. SHEIN, another behemoth that promotes overconsumption, is Temu’s main competitor in the fashion space, and they’ve been involved in a tiresome saga of trading lawsuits for the last few years. Temu says it’s different from SHEIN because it does not directly manufacture clothing and relies on external suppliers, insisting that it is a marketplace or retailer rather than a brand.