Shein

Shein’s global ambitions survive French store uproar

The e-commerce giant, whose model of high-volume, ultra-cheap fashion has upended traditional retailing, looks like it’s in France to stay

The Paris judicial court acknowledged a “serious harm to public order”, but found their sale of the items in question had been “sporadic” and noted that Shein had removed the products.

French court rejects Shein suspension

A FRENCH court on Friday rejected the state’s request to suspend Shein’s site in France as “disproportionate” after the Asian e-commerce giant removed illicit products sold on its platform.

In 2024, 4.6 billion small packages entered the EU, with 91 per cent of them originating from China.

EU agrees to 3-euro small parcel tax to tackle barrage of China imports

It will be introduced on a temporary basis until the bloc reaches a permanent solution for taxing such imports

Amazon is the dominant e-commerce platform in Germany, France, and other European countries.

Amazon cuts seller fees in Europe in Shein, Temu price war

The move is focused first on lowering fees for sellers of cheap fashion

France has sought to suspend Shein in that country for three months.

Shein probed by Texas attorney general over labour practices, product safety

The company is headquartered in Singapore but sources most of its products from China, where it has several thousand suppliers

Shein has faced fierce political pushback since it opened its first physical store at the BHV Marais in central Paris.

Shein faces EU pressure to curb sales of sex dolls and weapons

France is also pushing the European Union to increase customs duties on small packages two years earlier than planned

The court of Paris will have to decide whether a suspension of Shein is warranted, and whether it is in line with European Union law.

France seeks three-month suspension of Shein over sale of sex dolls

The government aims to tighten controls over the products the company sells

The European Commission urged EU finance ministers meeting on Thursday to agree the faster implementation to protect domestic retailers from unfair competition, the report said.

EU aims to accelerate crackdown on cheap Chinese parcels: FT

THE European Union has called for a bloc-wide handling fee on small packages ordered online from platforms such as Shein, Temu and Alibaba to be imposed in early 2026, over two years earlier than sche...

The discovery of sex dolls on Shein’s website triggered a political outcry in France.

France moves to suspend Shein website amid sex doll probe

THE French government said on Wednesday it would suspend the Shein digital platform until the Asian e-commerce giant complied with French legislation, as controversy swirled over the online sale of ch...

France has moved to ban Shein over the illicit products, and Shein suspended its marketplace in the country to review its third-party sellers, having already halted the sale of sex dolls worldwide.

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

The online fast-fashion retailer is labelled a “Very Large Online Platform” under the EU’s Digital Services Act, allowing probes for breaches