Chinese shipping giants Shein and Shein are flooding the European and US markets with cheap goods. They are now also causing bottlenecks in global air transport and driving freight rates to record highs.

The companies deliver directly from China and have the goods delivered to your home in Berlin, New York or Rio de Janeiro. Shein alone controls around a fifth of the global fast fashion market, according to market observers such as Coresight Research, a market research group based in New York.