Two Chinese companies, Shein and Temu, are undercutting retailers in every country
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EU investigates Shein for sale of childlike sex dolls
EU probes platform for sales tactics and offering illegal products
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Someone, somewhere, has spent years, perhaps their whole life, pulling a book together. The reader gets to spend weeks reading it, and perhaps their whole life thinking about it
Irish consumers to pay €3 charge on online orders worth less than €150 under new EU rules
Levy to be placed on small parcels entering bloc with low-cost platforms such as Temu and Shein likely to be most hit
Combined €21bn revenues pass through fast-fashion giant Shein’s Irish subsidiaries
Two entities in the group have just filed accounts in Dublin
Number of ‘childlike sex dolls’ seized in Republic increases in recent years, figures show
More ‘dolls’ seized in Ireland as fast fashion retailer Shein’s marketplace used to sell ‘disturbing’ dolls
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Shein races to contain sex dolls scandal in France
Retailer pledges to co-operate with investigation into how it allowed childlike products to be sold on its marketplace
The future of fashion: ‘Clothes banks are overflowing with crap. We can’t keep exporting it abroad’
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Use your clothes for nine months more and reduce their environmental footprint by up to 30%
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CCPC competition watchdog gears up to use new video and audio surveillance powers
New powers were granted to CCPC in legislation passed in 2022
Soothers with choking-hazards, sunglasses with no UV filters: McGrath shocked by dangers of some Shein, Temu goods
EU justice commissioner has vowed to crack down on the sale of goods that blatantly break the law
Hundreds of potentially unsafe baby products removed by top online retailers after consumer protection sweep
Officials across European Union even found recalled products listed for sale during their safety and compliance checks
‘Freedom of expression is sacrosanct’: Michael McGrath on his role as EU commissioner
The Corkman in charge of the commission’s justice portfolio on censorship, Chinese retailers and protecting EU citizens from Russia’s ‘blatant lies’
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