I have never spent so much of a day smelling soap. But after yesterday morning’s visit to Lush in Northampton, I called in at Lush in Peterborough and met Amy, Grace, Hayley,Helena and Dave. They knew their stuff about hen harriers too.
I asked whether any of them had heard of Hen Harriers before this campaign started and they all said no! – which isn’t the least bit surprising. But they all knew about them now!
The window display had arrived about three days ago with some briefing material and the staff had been swotting up since and helping each other understand the details by talking it through.
And they already had about 100 signed postcards to send to the Queen asking her to save the Hen Harrier, so if every Lush store across the UK gets 100 each day for a few days there will be quite a pile landing on our monarch’s door mat.
I was told that lots of people had stopped and looked at the window display and taken away some information even if they weren’t really Lush customers. I saw several blokes stop and look at the window display, look a bit scared of entering the shop of fruity smells, and then scurry away.
It was really obvious that this was a way of getting the message to lots of people, ordinary people, who knew little and cared less, until now, of Hen Harriers, grouse moors or shooting bags. A very big ‘Thank you!’ to Lush – and I think your staff are totally wonderful!
I now own even more bath bombs. You could pay a visit to your local Lush over the next few days and tell them how wonderful you think they are.
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Well done Lush and all the staff who have clearly taken the Hen Harriers plight so seriously – like you Mark, I’d never have thought I’d be so supportive of cosmetics !
Whilst I won’t be visiting any of their stores due to my shopping allergy, Lush can expect my custom when I come to do online Xmas shop this year and I’ll be making a point of signposting others in their direction too. Well done!