Kurt Geiger to donate first month’s profit after lockdown to the NHS

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Best foot forward: Shoe chain Kurt Geiger pledges to donate its entire first month’s profit following lockdown to the NHS

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter

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Shoe lovers have another reason to splurge at Kurt Geiger when its stores reopen next week – it is donating its entire first month’s profit following lockdown to the NHS.

The footwear and accessories retailer, which was forced to shut its doors when lockdown began at the end of March, will open 24 of its 57 UK shops on Monday. 

All profits made over the next month will go to NHS Charities Together.

Actress Joan Collins is pictured with one of Kurt Geiger’s ‘We Are One’ tote bags which are being sold to raise money for the NHS

Kurt Geiger, which started life in the 1960s on London’s Bond Street, has already been giving away free shoes worth a total of around £5million to frontline health workers. 

It now plans to raise £1million in cash to donate to the NHS by the end of the year.

To help it reach this total, it will sell ‘We Are One’ tote bags, T-shirts and face masks, profits from which will also be donated.

Chief executive Neil Clifford, who has stopped taking his £500,000 salary while the stores are shut, said: ‘We want to keep recognising the staggering efforts made by our incredible NHS.’

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