Lush to leave all 10 Westfield stores in Australia over three years
Lush will leave all 10 of its Westfield locations in Australia over the next three years, after deciding not to renew its leases. The cosmetics company says the change is part of a plan to choose stores that better reflect local communities and its ethical values, while continuing to grow its Australian presence.
The affected centres are in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia; the closures will leave Lush with one store in Perth. The company plans to favour busy strip locations, with details to emerge as leases end over the next 36 months. The move follows debate over Lush’s activism, including its 2025 one-day Australian store closures in solidarity with Gaza.
- Lush will exit all 10 Westfield stores in Australia.
- The closures will take place over three years.
- Lush plans to seek other locations across the country.
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Lush is a cosmetics retailer known for handmade products and public campaigns on social and environmental issues. Westfield is a major shopping-centre brand in Australia, with centres across several states.
Lush operates through a mix of shopping-centre and street-front shops. Its decision to focus on locations it believes better match local communities and its values comes amid public discussion of the company’s activism, including a one-day closure of Australian shops in 2025 in solidarity with Gaza.
The planned departures will affect Westfield centres in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. The change matters to shoppers who rely on those outlets, while Lush says it intends to keep expanding in Australia through other locations.
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The case for
Lush can reasonably argue that choosing local high-street sites better fits its ethical identity and helps it connect with communities, while allowing the business to keep growing in Australia. Letting leases expire over three years gives it time to manage the transition and focus investment on locations it considers more suitable.
The case against
Customers and staff may see leaving all 10 Westfield sites as a retreat from accessible, high-traffic shopping centres, making the brand harder to reach and potentially affecting jobs. The decision may also invite concern that a strategy framed around ethics and community is disrupting local access without clear evidence that the replacement locations will serve those communities better.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Cult beauty brand Lush cuts ties with Westfield – and many customers are all for it: ‘Good on them’”.