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Global Enterprise

France ramps up pressure on EU to investigate Shein over sex dolls, weapons

A consumer is about to pay for their items at the checkout on the opening day of Shein's first physical store at the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville (BHV) department store in Paris on Nov 5.
Global Enterprise

Shein opens first permanent store amid France move to suspend its website in sex-doll probe

Seven suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the robbery, but none of the stolen jewels has so far been recovered.
International

Louvre suffered decades of security lapses before US$102 million heist, says French minister

(FILES) A picture shows the logo Shein during the Urban Ritual fashion show Fall-Winter 2025/26 organized by Chinese fashion giant Shein in Milan, on October 16, 2025. The Asian fast-fashion giant Shein, criticized for its practices, will open its very first permanent physical store on October 31, 2025 at the BHV in Paris, the Société des Grands Magasins (SGM), owner of the BHV, announced on Instagram on October 31, 2025. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)
Global Enterprise

Shein to open first-ever physical store worldwide in Paris on Nov 5 despite backlash

The Artycapucines VII - Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Collection credit: PHOTO: LOUIS VUITTON usage: Free with credit put into BT EL
Style & Travel
STYLE

Whimsy meets luxury: Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Artycapucines VII bags debut

(FILES) This picture shows the crown of the Empress of the French Eugénie de Montijo displayed at Apollon's Gallery on January 14, 2020 at the Louvre museum in Paris after the reopening of the Gallery following ten months of renovations. Robbers broke in to the Louvre and fled with jewellery on October 19, 2025 morning. France's Interior Minister said that jewellery stolen from the Louvre Museum was "priceless". Diamond and emerald crown of the Empress of the French Eugénie de Montijo was found broken near Louvre after robbery, a source close to the case announced. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Lifestyle

Valuable jewels stolen from France’s Louvre in daring heist

A man browses some DVD releases for rent at JM Video, a video rental store, which is facing financial difficulties.
Lifestyle

Paris DVD rental store in last stand against streaming giants

(FILES) The Olympic cauldron is seen at the Tuileries Garden in Paris, on June 12, 2025. The cauldron will rise each evening from 21 June to 14 September until the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP)
Lifestyle

Summoning golden Olympic memories, Paris parties like it’s still 2024

The office vacancy rate in central London fell to 7.1 per cent in March.
Property

Return-to-office mandates fuel hopes of London property market revival

Crowds queue up for events at various pavilions during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka on May 21, 2025. The number of foreign visitors to Japan soared 28.5 percent in April year-on-year to a record 3.91 million, official figures showed on May 21. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Opinion & Features

Do world fairs still matter?

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