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March 23, 2022

Is this Europe’s answer to China’s social shopping sensation Pinduoduo?

Shopping + gamification — the combination that may change ecommerce


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Social shopping as it exists in China — gamified shopping online in groups and with friends — has never really taken off in the West. But one Finnish startup is now trying to bring the model to Europe.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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