Pimkie sanctioned for an entire sector. The Federation of Clothing Stores and the Trade Alliance announced this Friday that it has decided to exclude “unanimously” the women’s brand ready to use in response to its controversial association with Shein.
On Wednesday, Pimkie announced that its products would be available on the platform of the Fast Fashion Giant. This association must be extended to a “set of custom services, in particular logistics services, production at the request and online orders processing”.
Unacceptable for the sector that denounces through a press release of the Commerce Alliance and the Federation of Clothing Les practices of Shein “whose model is based on the diversion of the rules and unfair competition to the detriment of the signs present and creating jobs in France.”
A “destructive” association
The president of the Hardcove Federation and the Commerce Alliance, Bernard Cherqui justifies the exclusion of Pimkie for this association with Shein, which he describes as “destructive to our country.” “Shein tries to buy respectability, but in reality weakens all our businesses with unfair competition,” he denounces.
Before asking “a collective beginning” and claiming support “of public power to protect our businesses and the jobs they do everywhere in France.” The Trade Alliance remarkably requests the establishment of customs tariffs in products of less than 150 euros imported to the European Union, the implementation of management rates in small packages, strengthening controls and the application of sanctions to guarantee the effectiveness of the French and European regulations related to consumer protection, digital service and market. “
Source: BFM TV
