Wed, 03 Sep 2025

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 Lush shuts UK stores for a day to protest Gaza starvation

The retail chain said similar action could be taken in its other stores worldwide.

* Lush has closed all its physical stores and online shop in the UK for one day in protest against starvation in Gaza.
* The company's website now reads "stop starving Gaza" with a notice stating it is "closed in solidarity".
* Posters with the same message are displayed in every window of its physical stores.
* Lush hopes the UK government will take action to end arms sales to Israel and bring an immediate stop to the death and destruction in Gaza.
* The company has said shutting shops is not easy, but it knows many customers share concerns about the situation in Gaza.
* A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) at the end of August stated that half a million people in Gaza City are suffering from famine, calling the situation "entirely man-made".
* Israel has denied starvation in Gaza and blamed aid agencies and Hamas for any hunger.
* Lush is expecting similar closures in other countries and is prepared to lose a day's takings, which would mean the UK government loses a day of tax contributions.
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