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Shein fined massive 150 million euros in France for non-compliance with cookie legislation
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September 3, 2025
Asian discount clothing giant Shein has been fined a massive 150 million euros in France for failing to comply with legislation on cookies, the French privacy watchdog Cnil announced on Wednesday.
The Cnil, which has also imposed a record fine of 325 million euros on Google for similar grievances, denounces the fact that these computer trackers had been deposited on the devices of Internet users who had visited the Shein site without their consent, or without respecting their choice or informing them correctly.
These are the two biggest penalties ever imposed by the Cnil, with the exception of a 150 million euro fine imposed on Google in 2022, also on the subject of cookies.
The French data protection watchdog justified the exceptional nature of the fine imposed on Shein by the fact that the legislation on which this decision is based is already in force, in particular the French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés), which the company could not ignore.
“Since 2020,” Cnil’s restricted committee “has on numerous occasions sanctioned organizations for similar breaches, making its decisions public,” stressed the institution in a press release.
This is a colossal sanction, given the very high number of users potentially affected – an average of 12 million French people every month – argued the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (Cnil).
Shein complied “during the course of the procedure,” the Cnil pointed out.
The company “firmly contests” this decision “and will lodge an appeal with the Council of State and the Court of Justice of the European Union,” it told AFP.
“We consider the fine to be totally disproportionate, given the nature of the alleged grievances, our current compliance, and the proactive corrective measures we have put in place,” said Shein.
“The severity of the penalty appears to be motivated by political considerations rather than by a fair and balanced application of the regulations,” the company judges. Recalling that it has “fully cooperated with the Cnil” since August 2023, Shein says it regrets that “no warning was ever issued” prior to the “formal notice.”
The brand, which stands out for its extremely low prices, profusion of SKUs and aggressive marketing, has been booming in France and Europe in recent years.
However, it has attracted the wrath of human rights and environmental associations, trade players and the authorities. Accused in turn of environmental pollution, deceptive business practices, unfair competition, and undignified labor, Shein symbolizes, according to its detractors, all the ills of “ultra fast fashion.”
The company with sales of $23 billion (by 2022) is the target of a proposed French law aimed at regulating ephemeral fashion, notably through an advertising ban, financial penalties, and an obligation to make consumers aware of the environmental impact of their clothing.
At the beginning of July, the platform was fined 40 million euros for misleading commercial practices by France’s Repression des Fraudes, for, among other things, marking up certain prices before applying a discount.
Paris, Sept 3, 2025 (AFP)
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October 20, 2025
The cost of the damage caused by Saturday’s fire at the main airport in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, could exceed $1 billion, according to an initial estimate on Sunday from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
“The entire imports area has been reduced to ashes,” said Faisal Samade, a director at BGMEA, describing “a scene of devastation.” “We fear that losses could well exceed $1 billion,” he added, noting that around 200 to 250 companies in the country, the world’s second-largest textile producer, export their products by air every day.
The cause of the fire is not yet known; it broke out in the cargo terminal of Dhaka’s main international airport, where fabrics, clothing accessories, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals are stored.
Four people with minor injuries were taken to hospital, according to Moinul Ahsan, a senior official at the Bangladesh Department of Health.
Earlier in the day, the country’s tax authorities said they had begun assessing the damage, while the government announced the opening of an investigation. “We have started our assessment of the damage,” Moshiur Rahman, head of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), told AFP.
Flights resumed on Saturday evening, the airport’s director general, S M Ragib Samad, told AFP.
On Sunday, smoke was still rising from the rubble. “The fire spread everywhere; I don’t know if a single cargo shipment could be saved,” said an exhausted firefighter, whose uniform was greyish and whose hands were blackened.
“We were due to deliver goods to our customers today, and I suppose everything has been reduced to ashes,” a shopkeeper, Anand Kumar Ghosh, told AFP.
In a statement, the government said it was aware of growing public concern following a series of recent fires, notably in the Chittagong industrial free zone and at a chemical and textile factory in Dhaka on Tuesday, where 16 people died.
The security services are investigating all incidents “thoroughly,” and “any credible evidence of sabotage or arson will be followed by a swift and resolute response,” it added.
“No criminal or provocative act will be tolerated to disrupt public life or the political process,” it warned.
Bangladesh is the third-largest supplier of clothing to the US ($7.5 billion in 2024) and the second-largest to the European Union (€4.3 billion). This position has been achieved thanks to its low wages, while its main competitor, China, raised its minimum wage in the early 2010s.
However, this situation makes Bangladesh highly dependent on its textile sector, which accounts for 80% of its exports and 20% of its GDP, and provides around four million direct jobs.
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Published
October 20, 2025
We know Marylebone High Street has become one of London’s key retail locations for niche fashion and beauty brands alike, and with the area now trading at near capacity, one of the new arrivals to secure space is affordable luxury perfumer Atelier Rebul.
“It’s the place to be… the hype of the street, the branding of the street, so we wanted to be here, want to be part of the hype”, the brand’s co-CEO Nüket Filiba told Fashionnetwork.com
He said the storied 130-year-old brand with its roots in Istanbul “has had a long wish to enter the UK… and that wish has now come true.
“London is a travel corridor for us connecting our key hubs Istanbul, Dubai and Jakata [so this store] is an inevitable link for us.”
With its first UK opening and country-specific website comes a unique new look for the brand, blending heritage and modernism. The debut store, a design guided by the brand manifesto ‘The Alchemy of Encounters’ will also become a template for planned (still-secret) physical expansion. Although there are “ongoing discussions for entry into key UK department stores”, he said.
London becomes the brand’s fifth monobrand store joining four in Indonesia, although Atelier Rebul is represented in 21 countries via almost 1,000 “affordable luxury” sales points, mostly through Asia and the Middle East and Europe. The latter includes strong representation in Benelux countries Belgium and Netherlands as well as in Croatia.
“In our core markets we are renowned for our fragrance craftsmanship that comes with a pharmaceutical background,” he noted.
Its arrival in the UK is underpinned by the fact that “niche fragrances in the beauty sector here are booming. There are a lot of indie brands completing [in our space so it is] important to have a strong heritage [supporting] our story, which makes the difference for our brand.”
As mentioned, the brand’s pitched at the affordable luxury level: “When you look at the price points in the selective cosmetics market, quality-wise we are in the luxury segment but in price point, it’s affordable,” he noted.
Product-wise, its ‘Niche Collection’ (priced around £200) includes seven exclusive fragrances created by famous perfumers, including Alberto Morillas (responsible for Gucci Bloom and CK One) who created its Parfum Artisanal Elixir 1.
Meanwhile, its ‘Best Seller’ signature collections including ‘Istanbul’. Inspired by the city, with the spices of Grand Bazaar, it’s a warm spicy fragrance “revealing all of the rich colours of Istanbul”, and ‘Bosphorus’, an aquatic fragrance revealing notes of sea salt and Turkish rose.
“Each ingredient serves a specific purpose due to the brand’s unique heritage and apothecary expertise that contribute to the product, establishing a significant perfume and home fragrance legacy.”
The London store’s lower floor also houses an area dedicated to bespoke product experiences and perfume workshops “to fully immerse customers into the Atelier Rebul world creating meaningful encounters”.
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October 20, 2025
Delphine Arnault will be given a a Special Recognition Award “for her exceptional contribution to the global fashion industry” at The Fashion Awards in December, the British Fashion Council (BFC) announced on Monday.
The ceremony, which will take place on 1 December at the Royal Albert Hall in London, is part of the BFC’s key fundraising drive for its Foundation.
As well as hailing Arnault’s contribution to the industry, the award is a recognition of her “longstanding commitment to championing emerging talent”. She spearheaded the launch of the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers in 2014 and it’s now one of the most prestigious international platforms for nurturing new creatives.
Past winners include Marques’Almeida, NensiI Dojaka, Setchu, SS Daley and Wales Bonner.
Her commitment is also reflected in Dior Men’s support of the BFC Foundation MA Scholarship, which funds a UK-based menswear design student every two years.
She’s been chairman and CEO of Christian Dior Couture since 2023 but began her career at McKinsey before joining the John Galliano brand in 2000 to lead business development. She moved to Dior in 2008, moving through commercial director and deputy MD “during one of its most commercially and creatively successful periods, playing a key role in the expansion of its leather goods and accessories business”.
She also became executive VP of Louis Vuitton in 2013 and is a member of the LVMH board and of the executive committee.
BFC chief Laura Weir said: “Delphine Arnault is one of the most visionary and influential leaders in global fashion – a figure whose impact is felt far beyond the boardroom. She combines strategic leadership with a genuine commitment to nurturing creativity, education and opportunity. Her belief in talent as the lifeblood of this industry has transformed countless careers and continues to shape fashion’s global future. We are proud to honour Delphine at The Fashion Awards 2025, in recognition of her contribution not only to the evolution of some of the world’s most iconic houses, but to the advancement of access and excellence across the fashion landscape.”
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