A petition on Change.org which highlighted the disparity between equivalent products marketed at men and women, claiming that women are the victims of “sexist pricing” on the high street, has led Superdrug to be the second store to review it’s pricing after Boots announced it had on Tuesday.

High street rival Boots said it was “shocked” and “disappointed” to find the claims were true in “exceptional cases”, and that it would “take action” to wipe out sexist pricing after the petition called for Boots to reconsider the cost of some of it items such as eye cream and razors, which were found to cost considerably more for females than for males.

Superdrug has said due to the petition it will also examine any “disparity based on gender” and where needed, alter the prices of products aimed at women.

The drug store chain told the Financial Times that “for some products our suppliers charge more for women’s products” and said it was “challenging this” after the debate over price disparities by UK retailers.

“As part of our mission, we remain committed to delivering exceptional value for our customers,” it added.