The economy ministry said proceedings would last until Shein proved all of its content complied with French law.

The French government said it would begin action against online retailer Shein on Wednesday, just hours after the company opened its first store in Paris.

E-commerce giant Shein opened its first permanent store in Paris to fresh outrage over the sale of childlike sex dolls on its platform. Authorities deployed riot police to quell protests outside the store.

Chinese ultra-fast-fashion ecommerce retail giant Shein has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in the heart of Paris amidst backlash.

France has said it will suspend Shein’s access to the French market following a headline-grabbing scandal over sales of “childlike” sex dolls. The government started proceedings Wednesday to ban Shein’s French website “for the time necessary for the platform to show to the authorities that all of its products are finally in

Asian e-commerce giant Shein Tuesday pledged to "cooperate fully" with French judicial authorities after an uproar over it selling childlike sex dolls, and said it was prepared to disclose the names of people who bought them,

Chinese ultra fast-fashion giant Shein on Wednesday opened its first-ever physical store inside Paris’s BHV department store. The brand’s rock-bottom prices and opaque supply chains have long been criticised for their environmental and human costs – while a recent scandal over child-sex-themed dolls sold on its website has added to the controversy.