Overview
- Frédéric Merlin of BHV said planned openings will be postponed by days or weeks to adjust assortment and pricing.
- Internet users reported sex dolls with childlike features, including an 80-centimeter model listed for about €190, before the listings were taken down.
- Shein said it removed all illegal products and attributed their appearance to an internal error.
- France has initiated proceedings against the company and indicated its operations will remain under official oversight.
- A Shein shop inside Paris’s BHV opened last week and faced protests, and additional launches in Dijon, Reims and Grenoble are now unclear.