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Answer the following about the fast fashion e-commerce firms Temu and SHEIN (“SHEE-in”), for 10 points each.
[10e] Both firms ship directly from factories in this large country, where many companies illicitly expect a grueling “9-9-6” working schedule. It’s the home of Tencent Holdings Ltd.
ANSWER: China [or People’s Republic of China; or Zhōngguó; or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó; reject “Republic of China”]
[10h] Temu and SHEIN benefit from a de minimis exemption that lets shipments from China with total retail value below this dollar amount enter the US duty-free. Per a Trump executive order, that exemption is set to end on May 2, effectively reducing this amount to 0.
ANSWER: 800 dollars
[10m] SHEIN’s “large-scale automated test and re-order” system resembles the Just-In-Time supply chain model, which this company debuted in the 1970s. An engineer at this company devised the progress-tracking kanban system.
ANSWER: Toyota [or Toyota Motor Corporation; or Toyota Jidōsha kabushikigaisha]
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VirginiaIllinois A1001020EM
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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2022.50100%90%35%