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Millionaire behind Stansted climate change protest owns shops
at AIRPORTS around the world
Robert Mendick and Nigel Rosser
UK
Daily Mail
Friday, Dec 12, 2008
The tycoon bankrolling the anti-aviation activists who stormed
Stansted owns shops in airports around the world.
Mark Constantine, the owner of Lush Cosmetics, was today accused
of profiting from airline passengers while funding groups whose
actions can severely disrupt their journeys.
Lush has contributed £20,000 to anti-aviation organisations
including Plane Stupid, which masterminded the protest at Stansted
by more than 50 activists that brought flights to a standstill
for two hours on Monday, reports London's Evening Standard.
Lush has shops in airports in Tokyo, Toronto and Orlando in Florida.
A branch at Heathrow shut in 2004 because it was an 'unsuccessful
retail location'.
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The website for Narita Airport, just outside Tokyo, says of its
Lush shop: 'Fresh handmade cosmetics store from the UK. The first
store at an airport in Japan! Lip balms and moisturiser sprays
are available to prevent dry skin during the flight.'
The revelation prompted a backlash from the air industry and
its supporters.
A spokesman for BAA, which owns Stansted, said: 'We have no gripe
with Mr Constantine personally but if you are supporting anti-aviation
groups and at the same time you are placing stores in airports
around the world - that does suggest a mismatch of messages and
is slightly hypocritical.'
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