Shein Faces Opposition to Open First Physical Stores in France
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Shein Faces Opposition to Open First Physical Stores in France

Shein, the online fast-fashion retailer, is facing opposition to a plan to open physical shops in regional French cities within department stores that carry the Galeries Lafayette name. Galeries Lafayette sold those stores in 2021 to Societe des Grands Magasins, which kept the right to use the French retailer’s name. Shein Group Ltd., founded in...

Sierra Space’s spaceplane faces a reinvention after NASA contract change
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Sierra Space’s spaceplane faces a reinvention after NASA contract change

When Sierra Space won a contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station nearly a decade ago, the company promised a first for the commercial space market: a privately built, rapid reuse and cargo return spaceplane capable of landing on commercial runways. That dream has changed. In a modification to the contract announced earlier...

Reform faces questions over tech investor's role in cost-cutting drive
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Reform faces questions over tech investor’s role in cost-cutting drive

Joshua NevettPolitical reporter PA Media Policy chief Zia Yusuf has led Reform’s drive to find savings at councils A tech start-up investor is taking a leading role in Reform UK’s efforts to access sensitive data in a bid to identify savings in one council controlled by the party, the BBC has learned. Harriet Green, the...

Europe’s fashion industry faces uncertain future amid global trade disruption
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Europe’s fashion industry faces uncertain future amid global trade disruption

Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 24, 2025 In a shifting global landscape marked by increasing economic nationalism, tariff wars and the strategic weaponization of trade, Europe’s fashion industry may find itself dangerously unprepared. This was the warning from French economist Sébastien Jean, who addressed professionals in the French textile and clothing sector on...