Overview

• The retailer closed roughly 102 shops, its UK e-commerce site and its factories on Wednesday, 3 September, with windows stating: "Stop starving Gaza — we are closed in solidarity."
• Lush called for stronger UK government action to stop the "death and destruction," including ending arms exports to Israel, and highlighted the loss of a day’s tax receipts from its takings.
• Co-founder and chief executive Mark Constantine estimated the closure would cost around £300,000, and the company said agency staff were paid for the day.
• The brand will relaunch its Watermelon Slice fundraising soap, directing proceeds to medical services and prosthetic limb support for people injured in Gaza.
• UK operations were set to resume on Thursday, 4 September, and the company said other Lush markets may consider similar actions.