Factory workers making clothing for fast fashion giant Shein are toiling through 75-hour weeks and earning less than 1p per garment. Although the fashion giant's bargains, such as dresses for ...
Shein's success lies in volume - the inventory online runs into the hundreds of thousands - and deep discounts: £10 dresses, £6 sweaters, prices that hover below £8 on average.
This is the sound of Panyu, the neighbourhood known as the "Shein village", a warren of factories that power the world's largest fast fashion retailer. "If there are 31 days in a month, I will work 31 ...
So it's easy to make a variety of garments, and they are able to do it quickly. That especially works for Shein whose algorithm determines orders. If shoppers repeatedly click on a certain dress, or ...
The numbers show she's right, with Shein transforming from a little-known company just a few years ago into one of the world's biggest clothing firms. Global sales are estimated to have reached $ ...