"This is the online Chinese retailer's first brick-and-mortar store in Paris, which is located on the sixth floor of the iconic BHV department store in the heart of the city. Shein sells heavily discounted, ultra "fast-fashion" and has drawn protests and boycotts from French shop owners and consumers, who decry the environmental impact that comes from making large amounts of cheap products, as well as the working conditions at its factories."
"Police stood guard outside BHV on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday, bracing for the store's opening, after several weeks of intermittent strikes, protests and boycotts; including by activists stood topless outside BHV on Monday, while several French fashion brands said they were pulling out. Meanwhile, Disneyland Paris cancelled its holiday window display and pop-up store in BHV Marais. "Conditions are no longer exist to calmly hold Christmas events," Shein told AFP."
The French government will suspend Shein’s website over alleged online sales of childlike "sex dolls" until the site complies with French law. Shein said it is working with authorities and has banned sex dolls on its platform. A French consumer watchdog discovered the dolls and weapons on the site. Under French law, the government can order businesses to remove illegal content within 24 hours and block access to offending sites. Shein opened its first Paris brick-and-mortar store on the sixth floor of BHV Marais and faces protests, police presence, event cancellations, and planned additional French store openings in five cities.
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