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A petition to ban the brand has passed 270,000 names but French shoppers have not been immune to its inexorable rise A couple of hours before Shein opened a pop‑up shop in Dijon this summer, the words “Shein kills” and “exploitation, forced labour, slavery, pollution” were found graffitied in French on the outside wall. Yet the fierce backlash to its series of temporary outlets in France in recent years, including in Toulouse, Montpellier and Marseille, has not deterred the Chinese-founded fast fashion brand from choosing the country for its first permanent physical stores. This week it announced a plan to open shops in Galeries Lafayette department stores in five cities and also in the BHV store in the capital. “In front of the Paris City Hall, they are creating the new Shein megastore, which – after destroying dozens of French… (Updated 2 Oct 2025, 23:26 IST; source: link)