A petition to ban the brand has passed 270,000 names but French shoppers have not been immune to its inexorable rise A petition to ban the brand has passed 270,000 names but French shoppers have not been immune to its inexorable rise A couple of hours before Shein opened a pop‑up shop in Dijon this summer, the words “Shein kills” and “exploitation, forced labour, slavery, pollution” were found graffitied in French on the outside wall. Yet the fierce backlash to its series of temporary outlets