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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group to stop buying fur products

A campaigner dressed as a fox holds a banner during an anti-fur protest outside House of Fraser in London in December 2019.
A campaigner dressed as a fox holds a banner during an anti-fur protest outside House of Fraser in London in December 2019. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

The owner of House of Fraser, Flannels and Sports Direct has said it will stop buying fur products with immediate effect after lobbying from the Humane Society International.

Frasers Group said the change in policy meant it would no longer have new fur products on its shelves from next autumn. The company has not yet given a date from which consumers can be assured Frasers Group’s stores will be free of fur, however.

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