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Title: Amazon's New Focus: Fending Off Rivals Temu and Shein
What France's crackdown on Shein and Temu means for global ultra-fast
fashion
France's fast fashion bill takes aim at retail behemoths lawmakers
argue damage the environment, hurt the economy and feed impulse
buyers.
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Fast fashion is widely considered low-quality apparel. It is produced
rapidly to follow current trends in the industry and sold at
rock-bottom prices. Fast fashion allows cost-conscious consumers to
regularly update and expand their wardrobes with knockoff en vogue
styles, and although the monetary cost is low, experts say both
textile factory workers and the earth's environment are paying the -
hefty - price.
"It's important when the price conversation comes up for people to
realize that the price of fast fashion is being kept artificially
low," said Emily Stochl, the vice president of advocacy and community engagement at Remake, a sustainable fashion nonprofit organisation.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240320-france-bill-crackdown-ultra-fast-fashion-shein-temu
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