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In June, Donald Trump's pick for US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said he had "grave ethics concerns" about Shein's "deep ties to the People's Republic of China": "Slave labour, sweatshops, and ...
Shein found that staff at one factory were working up to 13-and-a-half hour days with two to three days off a month, while those at the second site worked up to 12-and-a-half hour days with no ...
Shein (/ ˈ ʃ iː ɪ n / ⓘ SHEE-in; styled as SHEIN; Chinese: 希音; pinyin: Xīyīn) is a global e-commerce platform specializing in fast fashion.While the company primarily focuses on women's clothing, it also offers men's apparel, children's wear, accessories, makeup, shoes, bags, and other fashion items.
Shein’s CEO and massive IPO are both incredibly secretive—and it’s because of the backlash for allegedly using forced labor to make its dirt-cheap clothing Eva Roytburg June 25, 2024 at 1:29 PM
The growth of fast fashion fueled environmental issues. Fast fashion's meteoric rise is apparent in retail giants like Shein and Uniqlo, which both saw more than 20% revenue growth between 2022 ...
Fast fashion is a term used to represent cheap, trendy clothing that is made to replicate higher end fashion trends. As of 2019, China remains the leading producer of fast fashion clothing. [ 1 ] Many sweatshops are located in China, where the workers are underpaid and overworked in unsafe environments.
Most factories that produce "fast" clothing employ workers on low wages. Workers from Shein are reported to make as little as 4 cents per garment produced, as well as operating on 18-hour workdays with 1 day off per month. [41] Exploitative fast fashion production is prevalent in countries like China, Bangladesh and Vietnam. [42]
On 31 July 2023, Shein won a temporary restraining order against Temu in a different case, alleging that the company used Shein's copyrighted images in product listings. [26] Later in August, Shein sought an injunction against Temu, filed in London's High Court , alleging the company had "identified thousands of instances" where Temu's sellers ...