Buy now, pay later: Latin America pressured by Chinese online shops

Olave receives her order from fast fashion ecommerce company Shein in Santiago on Nov 12, 2024. Ultra-cheap Chinese online shops are causing concern in Latin America because of the unfair competition they pose to traditional commerce. — AFP

SANTIAGO: Isidora Olave opens a package containing a T-shirt, a skirt and a handful of glitter stickers shipped to her front door in Santiago, Chile, all the way from China almost 20,000 kilometers (11,800 miles) away.

Like many of her peers, the 20-year-old dentistry student says she no longer has use for malls.