Reliance Retail has launched an app in India to sell fashionwear from China's Shein under a licensing deal, almost five years since Shein's app was banned in the country after getting caught up in a diplomatic tussle.

Shein has restarted its India operations in partnership with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd., as the fast fashion seeks to tap buyers in the world’s most-populous country where it was banned in 2020 on on security fears.

Reliance Retail, headed by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has brought back Chinese fashion giant Shein to India with the launch of the Shein India Fast Fashion app. This move marks Shein's return after it