The homepage of Temu Ireland is a smorgasbord of consumerism: slippers, a jumpstarter power pack, cleaning shoes, watches. A banner ad also flags that the Chinese e-commerce site has a delivery service deal with An Post. As the Chinese e-commerce platform doesn’t operate its own delivery network, it partners with a mix of global and local parcel carriers to move goods from sellers – whether in China or a local warehouse – to its customers. Alongside national postal services like An Post, it relies on major logistics providers when shipments hit destination countries, including multinational operators FedEx and United Parcel…

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