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Tod's has responded more aggressively than other luxury brands to labour abuse allegations. — Tod's has responded more aggressively than other luxury brands to labour abuse allegations. (Emanuele Cremaschi)

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Brian Baskin

16 November 2025

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For some time, France’s fashion industry and regulators have been agonising over whether to fight the rapid rise of Shein, Temu and other ultra-fast-fashion competitors — and how to do so if they do. That tension came to a head when Shein opened its first permanent store in Paris earlier this month, drawing both protests and crowds of eager shoppers.

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Brian Baskin

Brian Baskin is Executive Editor at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and oversees BoF's beauty, retail, direct-to-consumer, technology, marketing and workplace verticals.

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