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 ...
Some young shoppers will continue to buy from the fast fashion giant despite concerns over how workers are treated.
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.
The BBC goes inside the Chinese factories fuelling Shein's success.
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 ...
A BBC probe this week found that factory workers making clothing for fast fashion giant Shein are toiling through 75-hour ...
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 ...
There is one main online store that has been at the heart of many fast fashion discussions in recent years is Shein.
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 $ ...