Harrods' members of staff hold a banners and chant slogans during a demonstration asking for pay rise and better working conditions, outside Harrods department store in London, on December 22, 2024, on the last shopping weekend before Christmas. Hundreds of staff at London's luxury department store Harrods will walk out just days before Christmas, a union said on December 20, 2024, in a row over pay and working conditions. The strike at the store will target some of its busiest retail days on December 21 and 22 as well as December 26, or Boxing Day, traditionally the launch of the busy end-of-year sales. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)