Michel-Edouard Leclerc opposed the complaint filed against Shein

Twelve French organizations announced last week that they were taking Shein to court for “unfair competition”, to seek “compensation for losses” attributed to the Asian e-commerce giant, which is based in Singapore.

Michel-Edouard Leclerc, president of the strategic committee of French supermarket leader E.Leclerc, expressed his disagreement, Monday, November 24, with the complaint filed against Shein for “unfair competition” by several trade and industry federations. Twelve French organizations, including Leclerc’s Federation of Trade and Distribution (FCD), announced last week that they were taking Shein to court for “unfair competition”, to obtain “damage repair” is associated with the Asian e-commerce giant, based in Singapore.

“Personally, I find it stupid at a time when Carrefour is in China, Galerie Lafayette is in China. All the big brand retailers Bernard Arnault, (François-Henri) Pinault is in China. The art gallery is in China”he said on RTL.

The big boss also criticized what he called “posture” certain members of parliament, the day after the text by 80 deputies, was published in Sunday Tribuneclaim “ban Shein in French territory” For “protecting workers, public health and the planet”. “Want to ban something that’s been around for four years, that we’ve done nothing about, that we haven’t seen anything about, and suddenly everyone sits down to go on TV in groups that are going to file complaints”he criticized. “This is a blind man’s ball. What is happening to us today in a changing world is that other countries are ‘leading’ in commercial operations”he added. “We can sue companies we don’t want, but they will take us back to their country and we will not export”he closed.