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Behind the frog shirt: the most honest conversation about Temu yet

🐸 It’s not easy being green…or wearing a Kermit the Frog shirt while talking about Temu.

Yet that’s exactly how Episode 7 of The Ostrich Report opens: me in full frog mode, Hendrik on the other mic, diving head-first into the most polarising marketplace on the planet.

Temu (yes, “Team-oo”) isn’t a sideshow anymore. It’s a $B+ engine of cross-border commerce, a logistics experiment running at TikTok speed, and a masterclass in how to make Western consumers rethink price, trust, and delivery promises. Everyone you meet in ecommerce has an opinion — good, bad, indifferent. This week we rewind to…

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