Overview

• The shutdown spans more than 100 UK locations along with its website and factories for one day.
• Shop windows display the message "STOP STARVING GAZA – WE ARE CLOSED IN SOLIDARITY."
• Lush says the action responds to UN aid agencies’ famine warnings and presses for a ceasefire plus an end to UK arms sales to Israel.
• The retailer notes it will forgo a day of takings and that the government will miss a day of related tax receipts.
• The company plans to relaunch its Watermelon Slice soap to raise money for medical services in Gaza, including prosthetic care.