Controversy
Soon after opening a new store in Edinburgh in 2002, managers faced an official complaint after staff tried to stop a homeless man selling the Big Issue magazine outside.
In mid-2003 objections were made to a Harvey Nichols magazine advertisement that appeared in Vogue, ELLE and Harpers & Queen and on a poster. The complainants objected that the advertisement was irresponsible, because it showed unsafe driving and was offensive to people who had been, or who knew people who had been, involved in road accidents.
On 20 March 2004 Harvey Nichols stopped selling fur in the UK after protests. In a statement, Clive Morton, the Company Director of Harvey Nichols, said: "The board has today reviewed the company's fur policy and has decided going forward that we will no longer stock real fur items."
In August 2007 Harvey Nichols decided to take foie gras off the shelves in all their UK stores in response to pressure from PETA.
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