Shein has chosen to ban the sale of sex dolls and is willing to collaborate with the French authorities in order to provide the data of those who have made purchases. The announcement comes after the government of that country threatened to ban the Chinese company, after it became known that allowed the sale of sex dolls representing children.
The platform of e-commerce It emerged in China and is spread throughout the West. It is intended for purchase and sale by third parties, which means that products from a wide range of products can be sold.
At a time when the company is preparing to open, for the first time, a permanent physical store in Paris, sex dolls characterized as children were available for sale.. The dolls measured 80cm and held a teddy bear.
The complaint was initially made by the French daily “Le Parisien” and controversy quickly spread, reaching the government. It’s just that France’s finance minister threatened to ban Shein from the countryif the sale of those dolls were to continue.
A Shein reacted quickly, with the promise that will have removed the dolls from your websitein addition to opening an internal investigation. Later, it even announced that it had decided to ban all types of sex dolls and promised to be available to collaborate with the French authorities.
“We will be completely transparent with the authorities [judiciais]”. Regarding the possibility of providing buyers’ data, Shein highlighted that “if they ask us, we will collaborate”.
The opening of the first permanent physical store from Shein, after some temporary stores (so-called pop-up stores) in the past. It should take place on Wednesday, in Paris. The decision received a lot of opposition on the streets, with demonstrations against the brand.
Remember that Shein is part of the fast fashioninvolved in some of the biggest controversies in the fashion industry in recent years. The Chinese platform, along with the competition, is contested by several entities regarding working conditions in factories and the environmental impact of the activity it performs.