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My wife received a C&D from Lush a few years ago. Neither of us had ever even heard of the brand as we are from the US. She's had a home business selling hand c
by vinbreau 11y ago
My wife received a C&D from Lush a few years ago. Neither of us had ever even heard of the brand as we are from the US. She's had a home business selling hand crafted essential oils perfumes for about 5 years. Among her 100+ varieties she had a scent she had named Lush Alchemy. The C&D basically said they owned the adjective lush and it could not be used for any of her product names. Etsy informed my wife if she did not remove the word Lush from the name, they would pull the listing and sanction her account for a time. That was my introduction to Lush cosmetics. Now this is the second time I've come across them and of course it's about how they own an adjective and this time it's not even related to perfumes. I'm forming a very despising attitude towards them.
- noondip 11y agoOn the other hand, Lush has had a long-running campaign against animal cruelty, among other proudly advertised ethical achievements.
- cmonreallynow 11y agoThat's not an ethical achievement, that's a calculated marketing strategy.
- noondip 11y agoEthics and business strategy aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.
- paulhauggis 11y agoFrom the two examples we've seen, ethics doesn't have anything to do with it.
- __z 11y ago>Neither of us had ever even heard of the brand as we are from the US. That's strange, Lush is rather popular in the US. http://www.lushusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Lush-Site/en_US/Stores-Locate?dwfrm_storelocator_address_states_state=CA&go=storelocator.regionsearchbutton http://www.lushusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Lush-Site/e...
- vinbreau 11y agoNever seen it in a store. My wife is black so her brand choices in most stores are very limited. If we did ever see Lush it was just another one of those light skinned brands we tend to gloss over. But honestly we had never heard of them until the C&D.