Overview

• More than 100 UK locations closed, e-commerce was taken offline and factories paused for 24 hours, with trading due to resume on 4 September.
• Shop windows displayed the message “Stop starving Gaza — we are closed in solidarity.”
• Lush urged ministers to take stronger action on the humanitarian crisis, including ending UK arms sales to Israel, and noted forfeiting a day of tax contributions.
• The Watermelon Slice fundraising soap will return, with proceeds directed to medical care, prosthetic limb services and child mental-health support for people in Gaza and the West Bank.
• Co-founder Mark Constantine estimated the shutdown would cost around £300,000, and the company indicated other Lush territories may consider similar actions.