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Lush is a company based in Poole in Dorset in the UK that produces and sells hand-made bath products, soaps, body lotions and cosmetics.

Since the first Lush shop opened in the United Kingdom, they have expanded to more than 400 shops located in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and the USA.

Lush grew out of Constantine and Weir plc's Cosmetics to Go mail order company which began operating in 1988. Lush itself started operating in 1994 as Cosmetics House, then in 1995 became Lush after a competition amongst customers. The winner was an Elizabeth Bennett, of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Ethos

Animal Testing

Lush does not buy from companies which carry out, fund or commission any animal testing. Rather than have a fixed-cut off date for using ingredients that have been tested on animals, Lush does not purchase anything from companies that currently test any ingredients at all on animals.

Lush believes that this offers a better financial benefit to companies to stop testing on animals than the traditional fixed-cut off date, as they will not boycott a company or ingredient for testing in the past. Therefore, a company that tests still has a reason to cease all current testing.

Ingredients

Lush lists their product ingredients in English as well as Latin, and make as much as possible out of fresh fruit, vegetables and other plants, including essential oils.

A Typical Lush Gift Box

Products

To reduce waste, Lush makes many products solid, so they can be sold wrapped in paper or in small bags. Bubble bath and shower products, which are usually sold in bottles in liquid form in other establishments, are mostly solid or semi-solid in Lush. Lush's founders popularized solid bath bombs and solid bubble bars. Products such as the popular 'Karma' (Lush's signature fragrance) have been made into bubble bars, soap, lotion, bath bombs, dusting powder, and solid shampoo.

Popularity

Lush's customers are often far more devoted to the company than most cosmetics users. There are busy Lush online forums in North America, Australia and the UK ("International Forum") where customers swap tips and reviews of products, and discontinued items can sell for high prices on places like eBay.

The forums are lively and contain many topics about new product ideas, raves about existing products and pleas to bring back old favourites, but have, strangely counter Lush's green reputation, been home to racist attacks and actual banning of forum users who complain about racism.

Mark Constantine (a.k.a. 'BIG'), Lush's top man and head perfumer, is a regular visitor, as are many of Lush's other founders and current staff.

B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful

Lush's success encouraged Mark and Mo, two of the founders, to develop a sister company which sells more expensive products, focusing on makeup and fragrances. Their fragrances are made using traditional ingredients, such as essential oils and floral absolutes, and are sold in specially made French glass bottles with old-fashioned atomiser pumps.

To date, there are only three B Never stores: two in London and one in Poole. However, the products can be purchased using mail order and through the company website.

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Threat to bomb Karachi shopping centre (IANS via Yahoo! India News) </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>
Karachi, July 30 (IANS) An anonymous letter apparently by Islamist extremists has threatened that a prominent shopping area in this city would be blown up if it wasn't closed down by Sep 27. </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>

Online Shoe Retailer Tracks Summer Footwear Trends to Simplify Online Shoe Shopping (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>
Online shoe retailer, www.Elotta.com, simplifies the summer shoe shopping experience for buyers looking for the hottest footwear trends for this summer by collecting and using sales data to rank popular brands and styles. </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>

'Tis the shopping season (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>
With summer almost over, the back-to-school-shopping season - the mad rush to purchase as many binders and pencils and solid-colored shirts as possible - begins. </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>

Bahrain: Shopping, fun top the list (Zawya) </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>
Shopping and entertainment are the main purposes rather than archeological sites and the culture of the countries Bahrainis visit, according to a recent study for 302 individuals by the Bahrain Centre for the Studies and Research. </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script> </script>