Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
The smell of that shop is unbearable. I avoid that whole wing of Brent Cross.
Is the High Street doomed
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The smell of that shop is unbearable. I avoid that whole wing of Brent Cross.
miss direct
misfungled
I would much prefer to go shopping for clothes on the high street/in town, but being a short person, it's generally easier to order online. For example, New Look doesn't have any petite stuff in their shop (not the one in my city), so I have to order it online (which I then usually pick up from the shop to save on paying for delivery.)
RIP Wilko.
RIP Wilko.
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I thought it was no new testing on animals which is why I moved over to Lush many years ago because none of their products/ ingredients even, have ever been tested on animals, so I believe.
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Always easy to find a Lush, you can smell them a mile off.
Not sure why I haven’t had that experience. Maybe I don’t pass any.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's so overwhelming - I don't know how people can stand it. it's so DRY - dehydrates your mouth and nostrils in an instant
lazythursday
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It's obnoxious, I couldn't go in there. Though there's an artisan soap shop in the next town that's even worse in terms of stench. Also I can't walk through that perfume section of department stores or larger Boots without gagging.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
Very mixed feelings about Lush to be honest. Really wasn't impressed with how they treated their employees when my mate was working there, those "better working conditions" seemed to be transactional with the cost being even more unreasonable expectations than your usual retail shop. Might be different in the factories though (in terms of comparing it with an equivalent workplace). I do feel like we'd lose an entire specific part of the market if we lost Lush though, just in terms of product. They're a happy medium between the tiny independent pop up market stalls where you can't really verify that the product is safe, all the way through to the massive global chains which to be fair have a similar sort of problem
Whenever companies claim they're treating staff better than the other companies they're usually lying.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
I do remember someone on here saying that the founders and still part owners of Lush were good 'uns for supporting a lot of causes, like hunt sabs, out of their own pocket for no publicity.
I like their stuff, but yeah the shop is overwhelming for a few minutes until you adjust. I've been a customer for 30 years, but mainly switched over when Body Shop got sold.
I like their stuff, but yeah the shop is overwhelming for a few minutes until you adjust. I've been a customer for 30 years, but mainly switched over when Body Shop got sold.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Yeah, when we were fighting oil drilling in the local AONB, Lush gave us £15,000. No strings attached. That money made a massive difference and allowed us to keep paying our barrister. Nobody else was stepping in — the lines of CPRE and the environmental charities couldn’t give a fuck. £200 from Woodland Trust, that was it. And we eventually won, so the money was effective too. Lush will always have a special place in my heart for that.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
They did that anti police campaign too that was effective enough they had to cancel it because their employees were getting harassed over it
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
What's "MLM" ?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Multi-level marketing. Massive scam basically. Like a pyramid scheme but with an actual product to sell rather than a list of marks to recruit
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Cheers.
BristolEcho
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Yeah as Orang Utan said it's Multi-Level marketing. It's very predatory and they particularly target Mums to recruit to their scam as a way of making a bit of "money on the side" and the vast majority of people lose money. The drive is to recruit for your "downline" and you have to buy a certain amount of products in many of them.
There's also a huge crossover between Mormonism in America and MLMs which I've been learning about recently. Which is why so many of the big ones are in Utah.
Hannah Alonzo does some really good videos and breakdowns on YouTube.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
So it's where they knock neighbours doors selling perfume, etc? Gotcha.
cupid_stunt
Merry fecking Christmas.
Most do it more as a 'party plan' thing, like tupperware and Ann Summers parties, but with more repeat orders than those two.
BristolEcho
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Most of it is done online now, but yes can be anything from cosmetics, health supplements etc. They aren't really selling the product they are selling the "business opportunity". A few high street brands have some underlying MLM stuff going on - Ann Summers for examples.
I've been down a rabbit hole with this stuff recently.
cupid_stunt
Merry fecking Christmas.
On a side note, my ex hosted a Ann Summers party once, I was banned from the house, and packed off to the pub instead. 
And, I was a pleasantly surprised with her purchases, which lucky didn't included a strapon.
And, I was a pleasantly surprised with her purchases, which lucky didn't included a strapon.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Mrs Q did ones as well and I was sent off to take the kids to the park and then McDonalds, I think they have a no-men rule tbh which is fair enough. Mind you I'm not so sure I would want to be in the house with a dozen women drinking wine and passing sex toys round.On a side note, my ex hosted a Ann Summers party once, I was banned from the house, and packed off to the pub instead.
And, I was a pleasantly surprised with her purchases, which lucky didn't included a strapon.
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Even the rather nice Cheltenham is losing a key shop
www.theguardian.com
‘Big mausoleums of stuff’: Cheltenham is latest town to mourn loss of beloved department store
In an age when we love bagging bargains online, locals and experts in one of the UK’s most affluent towns debate whether there’s any future in high-street retailing
Bingoman
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looks bleak atm
news.sky.com
The Body Shop to shut almost half of its UK stores - as seven just closed their doors for good
Around 270 jobs are to go at the London headquarters.
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It's not like it was unexpected and very grim for staff. On the plus side, it's only half the stores. For now. I gather that the British army was one of the most profitable bits of the chain.looks bleak atm
The Body Shop to shut almost half of its UK stores - as seven just closed their doors for good
Around 270 jobs are to go at the London headquarters.
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No surprises
BBC News - Body Shop to shut 75 stores and cut hundreds of jobs
BBC News - Body Shop to shut 75 stores and cut hundreds of jobs
Body Shop to shut 75 stores and cut hundreds of jobs
The retailer will close the sites over the next four to six weeks, but will keep 116 UK shops open.
www.bbc.co.uk
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