Lush closes all UK stores for one day in protest over Gaza
The toilet chain Lush closed the UK shops for a day in “Solidarity with Gaza ve and called on the United Kingdom to help end the“ death and destruction ..
Famous for its strong fragrant soaps and bathroom bombs, the shop said that he would not open his stores on Wednesday and that he would keep his website closed to ında send a strong message to Gaza and a strong message in which we stand in solidarity ”. In England and Ireland, the company’s windows have more than 100 stores showing the slogan önemli Stop hunger from hunger to Stop Gaza ”.
The bosses estimated that they would lose sales of £ 350,000 for the day, and they will also have to cover their personnel fee bills with £ 300,000.
Instead of the usual home page, a lush website consists of a black page with the same message in the capitals and ız We are closed in solidarity ”.
Another page says: “In lush jobs, we share the pain in which millions of people see images of hunger people who died in Gaza, Palestine. To prevent emergency humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. “
Chain, which made controversial stances on political issues, closed its factories for a day.
In 2018, the company was planned for a campaign trying to emphasize the scandal on secret police officers who have established close relations with the women they ignored.
The high street chain adorned the shop facades with a fake police tape that says “Police passed the line”.
On Wednesday, there was no product on the lush website. Instead, a message was read as follows: “It is not an easy decision to close our stores – we wish forgiveness from any customer from any customer if they come to us on September 3 and find us closed. However, we know that most of our customers share the same concern about the current situation in Gaza.”
“While Lush loses a day of purchase loss, it also means that the British government has lost one -day tax contributions from our Lush and our customers.
The UN says “widespread hunger, malnutrition and illness olur there is evidence that there is an increase in deaths related to hunger caused by an Israeli blockade in the region in Gaza.
The latest export license figures that have been available since May this year show that Britain approved £ 127 million in single -point licenses between last year and December last year.
This was less than partial suspension of weapons sales. In September, Foreign Minister David Lammy told Israel to suspend 30 out of 350 arms export licenses to Israel because of concerns that international humanitarian law could be used in violating.
Lost sales and wages are a lush spokesman from Bill: “It is sad that this financial damage is easier for us to get equivalent to Gaza.”
