High street cosmetics chain Lush has closed all of its UK shops, factories and its website in a one-day protest over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The Dorset-based company said the gesture, carried out on Wednesday 3 September 2025, was intended as an act of solidarity, with shop windows across the UK displaying the message: “Stop starving Gaza – we are closed in solidarity.”
In a statement, Lush said: “Across the Lush business we share the anguish that millions of people feel seeing the images of starving people in Gaza. One thing Lush can currently send into Gaza is our love and a strong message that we stand in solidarity.”
The company apologised to customers inconvenienced by the closure but said many of them shared its concern about the situation in Gaza.
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