Shein has filed confidentially to go public in the US, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
The Chinese fast-fashion company is working with Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) as underwriters on the offering, which could happen next year, per the report.
In May, Shein was valued at more than $60 billion, and an IPO would likely make it the most valuable China-based company to go public in the US since ride-hailing firm Didi Global listed with a $68 billion valuation in 2021.
The company has also faced controversy. Earlier this year, a bipartisan group pressured the SEC to investigate Shein’s treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s Xinjiang region. The group has also lobbied to throw out any potential IPO filing from Shein.
A 2022 Bloomberg report found that Shein garments contained cotton sourced from Xinjiang, where human rights groups accuse China of forced labour and other human rights abuses against the Uyghurs.
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