Lush closes all its UK stores in protest over starvation in Gaza

Published on September 3, 2025 at 05:21 PM

Cosmetics retailer also shuttered its factories and website on Wednesday, with estimated losses of about £300,000

The cosmetics retailer Lush has closed its UK shops, factories and website in protest over starvation in Gaza.

A statement appeared on its website and on posters on shop windows on Wednesday, which read: “Stop starving Gaza, we are closed in solidarity”, while its flagship spa on London’s Oxford Street was marked as “temporarily closed” on Google Maps.

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