‘Shame on Shein’: Furious Parisians Rally Against Fast Fashion Giant | APT - video Dailymotion

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A small group of protesters gathered outside the BHV department store in Paris as Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein opened its first permanent shop in the French capital. Demonstrators criticized Shein for harming French jobs, local textiles, and public health, while urging BHV to promote European brands instead. Police monitored the scene as tensions grew ahead of the store’s opening. BHV owner Frederic Merlin defended the partnership, emphasizing innovation, while a French government spokesperson highlighted individual responsibility in ultra-fast fashion consumption.

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00:00who are committed to this issue and they too may share it with people who

00:15the goal is also to go and talk to people not only that but

00:30also that we are committed we have parliamentary work so today we refuse to let chimes set up shop

00:45in the heart of paris we refuse to let them set up shop in other cities in france on a permanent

00:51basis their website is already disgusting we have talked about it enough in the press so we will

00:55not go back over it but above all we are here to say that we are now able to re-industrialize our

01:00country to reinstate french textiles our french and european know-how and we are here to say that

01:07we refuse to let companies like chinin destroy jobs the planet and the health of the french people

01:12we do not talk about it enough but everything that ends up in these fabrics because they are

01:16poorly manufactured impacts the health of the french people

01:19yes we ask for bb

01:25and then

01:30having trading france from europe have reality value that work with

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01:48ladies and gentlemen we're going to ask you to cross the road please

01:58so uh here we go we're going to try to get you to cross and then we're going to go

02:02pass china in your store you are the young boss of bhv

02:28every day we are told that physical retail is dying every day we are told that thousands of

02:34jobs are at stake that the textile industry in france is dying and these same critics are not

02:39the ones who offer us solutions because criticizing is good but trying to move forward is better i

02:44fight every day to keep this monument of retail that is bhv alive just like our 11 shopping centers

02:50in france just like our regional sapas and i believe that without innovation the future is frankly

02:56not frankly not frankly not frankly not frankly not you have often said it

03:01i know that for some french people it is difficult and access to good quality clothing is sometimes too expensive

03:18but in our relationship with ultra fast fashion and the over consumption of clothing

03:22we also each have a responsibility for the ph as you said individual responsibility

03:27there you have it and then we can be criticized for not closing this or that store

03:33but after all we are not in a managed economy

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