Ultra-fast fashion company Shein has faced a litany of criticisms about its labor practices and supply chain. A recent report says Shein found two cases of child labor last year.

Fast fashion retailer Shein found two cases of child labor at its suppliers last year, it said in its 2023 sustainability report, as it stepped up audits of manufacturers in China to assuage ...

Shein did not previously report the exact number of child labor cases, only the percentage of audits that found minors in the workplace — 1.8% in 2021, 0.3% in 2022 and 0.1% in 2023.

Shein, which mainly sources its products from China, did not say where it found the child labor cases. The company said it suspended product orders from the suppliers when it discovered the ...

In one case, a supplier in Guangzhou hadn't paid some of its workers for the entire month of April due to "cash flow problems." Shein eventually had the supplier sign an agreement to pay all ...

Shein is one of the biggest fast-fashion players in the US, with a $100 billion valuation in 2022. At the time, it was the world's third largest privately-held company, behind TikTok owner ...

Fast fashion behemoth Shein is facing two federal civil lawsuits – both arriving within a week of each other. The most recent comes as rival down-market retailer Temu filed an antitrust action ...

A page from the Shein website is shown in this photo, in New York on June 23, 2023. Credit: AP/Richard Drew ...

The company says it did not find any cases of child labor in Q4 of 2023. Shein’s dispersed supply chain means that the products for sale on its website aren’t all made under one roof or by one ...

Fast-fashion giant Shein said it discovered two cases of child labor in its supply chain last year. In its annual sustainability report, Shein disclosed this week that it found minors under age 15 ...