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France moves to suspend Shein over sex dolls and weapons on day Paris store opens
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/shein-store-opening-paris-draws-protesters-bargain-hunters-2025-11-05/PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - France started proceedings on Wednesday to suspend online fast-fashion retailer Shein after childlike sex dolls and weapons were found being sold on its site, marring the opening of the Chinese company's first shop in a Paris department store.
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"Enough is enough with the pedopornographic dolls, and now the weapons," Commerce and Small Business Minister Serge Papin said in parliament on Wednesday, before ordering the suspension of the platform.
Shein's website sells both its own-brand clothes, for which it is best-known, and a vast array of products from third-party sellers on its marketplace.
The finance ministry said it would suspend Shein's entire website in France, not just the marketplace, if banned products continue to be found for sale.
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"Enough is enough with the pedopornographic dolls, and now the weapons," Commerce and Small Business Minister Serge Papin said in parliament on Wednesday, before ordering the suspension of the platform.
Shein's website sells both its own-brand clothes, for which it is best-known, and a vast array of products from third-party sellers on its marketplace.
The finance ministry said it would suspend Shein's entire website in France, not just the marketplace, if banned products continue to be found for sale.
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