France threatens to ban Shein over 'childlike' dolls row. Here's why
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This photograph shows the logo Shein during the Urban Ritual fashion show Fall-Winter 2025/26 organized by Chinese fashion giant Shein.
Shein row in France: Shein had withdrawn the dolls from their platform and said it had launched an internal probe into the matter.
France's finance minister on Monday warned that Shein will be banned from operating in the country if it resumes selling "childlike" sex dolls. This warning came days after France's anti-fraud unit alleged that the company had been selling dolls of a "child pornography nature".
France's Le Parisien daily published a photo of one of the dolls sold on the platform, accompanied by an explicitly sexual caption. Shein had withdrawn the dolls from their platform and said it had launched an internalprobe into the matter.
Roland Lescure, the finance minister, said that he would move to ban the company from the French market of the dolls returned on the internet for sale.
He called the dolls "horrible items" and illegal.
Shein will open its first physical store in the world in central Paris.
The company has faced criticism over working conditions at its factories and the environmental impact of its business model. Since the announcement, some brands have pulled their products from the Paris area where the store is scheduled to come up.
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France fined Shein
France has fined Shein thrice in 2025, for failing to comply with online cookie legislation, false advertising, misleading information, and not declaring the presence of plastic microfibres in its products.
What Shein said
Contacted by Reuters, Shein said in an email: “The products in question were immediately removed from the platform as soon as we became aware of these major shortcomings...Shein has a zero-tolerance policy towards any content or products that violate our internal policies or applicable laws”.