Black or White - Shein Acquires Everlane, Vietnam FDI Growth & Sodium-ion Batteries #216

Plus Water & Phosphorus Crisis

Four stories that matter this week:

1. Shein is acquiring Everlane for $100 million. Everlane built its entire identity on “radical transparency,” ethical supply chains, and what it called “Cleaner Fashion,” while Shein is definitely not anywhere close to that. They produce an estimated 1 billion items per day, and their Scope 3 emissions increased 170% in …