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Lush Edinburgh say they wouldn't serve anyone in "woman" T-shirt

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 03/08/2020 19:55

Apparently some stickers found their way onto the Lush Edinburgh storefront causing horror and consternation on Princes St this morning. They are too awful to be shared, obviously, but clearly they carried some message of hateful bigotry - or biological fact as it used to be known.

Anyway, staff on the thread are letting it be known that anyone wearing a T-shirt carrying the dictionary definition of a woman would not be served - haven't seen a comment on what would happen if it said 'I ❤️ JKR'. Not sure how legal that is.

www.facebook.com/116815671689234/posts/3431297510241017/

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thereplycamefromanchorage · 03/08/2020 21:43

Wow, can't believe Lush are so keen to deter customers. Am loving some of the responses on FB.

Maduixa · 03/08/2020 21:41

I used to love them in the '90s. The only one of their products that survived their greedy price skyjacking for me was Sea Salt scrub, and I've since found a local supermarket sub for a fraction of the price.

Even after their bath products went £-shaped, I still liked their perfumes. Had time to kill at the Sauchiehall Street shop (Glasgow) last summer and sniffed all their frags, solid and liquid. They've all been replaced or reformulated, and none are unique or even nice. Even my once-beloved Kerbside Violet is now boring and overly sweet/chemical.

LUSH have the same issue as The Body Shop, IMO - what made them brilliant in the '90s is now commonplace, and their endless quest to raise prices but lower quality to increase the product margin ruins their signature quirky appeal. People have choices, and how many women would choose overpriced misogyny if it doesn't even smell amazing?

StillNotAGirl · 03/08/2020 21:40

Would they serve someone wearing a man definition tee-shirt I wonder?

And would it make a difference whether it was a man or a woman wearing said tee-shirt?

Hmm
Lordamighty · 03/08/2020 21:31

I’d love to boycott them but I don’t buy their overpriced stinking products in the first place.

ScrimpshawTheSecond · 03/08/2020 21:28

Yeah, on the boycott scale this is actually even lower than Flora, and I wouldn't use Flora to grease my squeaky bicycle.

Herja · 03/08/2020 21:23

I might put some stickers up in Lush next time I'm in town...

mummmy2017 · 03/08/2020 21:23

I just can't make myself pay £5 to have a bath bomb.
So easy to boycott.

SerenityNowwwww · 03/08/2020 21:23

Oh same message! The one I saw looked like someone had typed it up and stuck it in the window with sellotape. The one near me is all ‘black trans lives matter’ homemade posters.

DryHeave · 03/08/2020 21:21

They’ve had those signs in the windows in shops in the south for a couple of weeks. Opportunistic jumping on stickering to amplify their marketing campaign.

SerenityNowwwww · 03/08/2020 21:20

I did see a lush store on twitter with a poster in the window that said something along the lines of ‘no Covid, no bigots, no Transphobes’. Desire me.

StandWithYou · 03/08/2020 21:19

@CuriousaboutSamphire

Oh god I hope this response is real

Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull
LUSH UK I’m coming for you. Prepare to weep

So do I
lady69 · 03/08/2020 21:18

@Apollo440

So my gender critical wheelchair bound friend rocks up in an adult human female tshirt they'd refuse to serve her. It's almost worth the trip.
This needs to happen.

A “misogynists welcome” sticker on their door would be appropriate too.

TehBewilderness · 03/08/2020 21:18

It is interesting how rapidly businesses have come to believe that discrimination against women on the basis of sex is perfectly legal.

tobee · 03/08/2020 21:17

When, some months ago, I looked up who the CEO of Lush was, and I saw his photo, it all made sense.

Sexnotgender · 03/08/2020 21:17

Arseholes.

CousinKrispy · 03/08/2020 21:16

Any recommendations for a good shampoo bar from another supplier? I'm happy to have an excuse to avoid Lush anyway.

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 03/08/2020 21:16

I see that the Green Party's (or ex GP?) Richard Firth is offering solidarity. If they are serious about sexism, shouldn't they ban him?

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Thisismytimetoshine · 03/08/2020 21:15

I can't think how many male customers want their sparkly shite, so as a marketing strategy it's fundamentally flawed.

CallarMorvern · 03/08/2020 21:15

Ah, I love Lush in Liverpool. At least that means I can actually boycott it, unlike you lot who are already Lush averseGrin

Apollo440 · 03/08/2020 21:13

So my gender critical wheelchair bound friend rocks up in an adult human female tshirt they'd refuse to serve her. It's almost worth the trip.

BettyFilous · 03/08/2020 21:12

Lush = thrush

DianasLasso · 03/08/2020 21:09

blurpity - thanks for that link. That was the incident I was thinking of when I commented upthread.

Korimio "Lush gives you thrush" - that is sheer genius.

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 03/08/2020 21:07

Blurpity that's horrible! And they have the nerve to say that sexism is tolerated!

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Korimiko · 03/08/2020 21:04

Lush gives you thrush

StandUpStraight · 03/08/2020 21:04

@CuriousaboutSamphire I may see you there Wink

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