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Shein, Primark... Brands are working behind the scenes to escape the fast fashion penalty

2024-03-26T17:25:48.633Z

Highlights: The French government is looking at the French wardrobe. Deputies unanimously adopted a bill (PPL) aimed at “ reducing the environmental impact of the textile industry ’ The text must now be examined in the Senate. While waiting for a date to be set, everyone is trying behind the scenes to impose their arguments. What seemed to only concern a few platforms like Shein or Temu, is now worrying all brands. In twenty years, the average price of clothing has decreased by 30% and the quantities purchased have doubled.


DECRYPTION - Everyone wants to avoid finding themselves within the scope of the future law which will make disposable fashion items more expensive.


The government is looking at the French wardrobe.

Determined to curb the overproduction of clothing and stop the rise of ultra-fast fashion, the deputies unanimously adopted a bill (PPL) aimed at

reducing the environmental impact of the textile industry

.

The text must now be examined in the Senate.

While waiting for a date to be set, everyone is trying behind the scenes to impose their arguments.

What seemed to only concern a few platforms like Shein or Temu, is now worrying all brands.

In addition to a new obligation to inform consumers, this text proposes to prohibit advertising on low-cost fashion and to penalize the most polluting products with a penalty (5 euros per item in 2025, 6 euros in 2026 and 10 in 2030).

Dramatic impact for the planet

No one questions the initial premise: in twenty years, the average price of clothing has decreased by 30% and the quantities purchased have doubled.

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Source: lefigaro

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