Lush reveals it made over £120k from its Orangutan soap

Published: 9-Feb-2018
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Only 14,600 soaps were made to demonstrate the number of orangutans that live in the wild in Sumatra

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Lush has revealed it made £126,014 from the sale of its Orangutan soap, launched in November last year.

The limited edition bright orange soaps were created to raise awareness of the endangered ape – only

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