Shein to increase product safety testing after EU probe

Fast-fashion retailer Shein said on Thursday that it would increase its testing of products this year after the European Union warned of fines if it did not address the bloc’s concerns about unsafe and dangerous products sold on its site.

Shein said it targets 2.5 million product safety and quality tests in 2025, up from 2 million last year, and said it would spend $15 million on compliance initiatives this year.

Shein, which sells its own-branded clothes in 150 countries, also operates a marketplace for sellers of toys, gadgets, and homeware sent directly from factories, mostly in China, to shoppers worldwide.

The company said that since it launched its marketplace, Shein has stopped working with more than 540 sellers over compliance breaches.

On Monday, the EU’s Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) network of national consumer authorities and the European Commission notified Shein of practices that infringe EU consumer law, giving the company a month to reply.