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The Latest Breaking News from The Body Shop

The Body Shop is everything a beauty brand *should* be, and its demise would have devastating consequences

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Marie Claire

Body Shop: Full list of stores closing as brand goes into administration

Administrators say nearly half of The Body Shop stores are likely to close

Evening Standard

The Body Shop names central London stores set to shut, and more UK site closures to follow

A restructuring plan for the The Body Shop UK has been outlined, with seven stores set to close today and more to follow, with some of the central London branches among the first to go.

Evening Standard

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The Body Shop to cut 300 head office jobs and almost half of UK stores could close

Administrators tell staff seven shops will shut immediately with more to follow as business battles to survive

The Guardian - UK

The Body Shop’s fair trade suppliers left with ‘more than $1m’ of ingredients

Vulnerable people from the Amazon to Africa say stock may never be paid for by ethical beauty chain after it called in administrators

The Guardian - UK

The Body Shop’s German arm falls into administration

Belgian arm will be put into insolvency, with more than 460 jobs at risk across two countries

The Guardian - UK

The Body Shop staff fear company will be broken up, risking 2,200 jobs

Aurelius, the German restructuring specialist, has broken up two other UK retailers

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Evening Standard

A piercing flashback to The Body Shop

Brief letters: Anita Roddick’s Aladdin’s cave | Selling the nation | Trigger happy | Michael Jayston | Without merit

The Guardian - UK

The Body Shop UK: What the administration could mean for High Streets and landlords

The joint administrators will now consider all options to find a way forward for the business

Evening Standard

Which Body Shop stores are closing? We list 199 stores as the brand goes into administration

Another High Street store could be set to close its doors, here's which ones are affected

GoodToKnow

‘A scented awakening’: how The Body Shop influenced generations

Readers share their memories of discovering the shop’s products and ethos in the 70s, 80s and 90s

The Guardian - UK

Body Shop's UK Business Slides Into Bankruptcy

The UK arm of The Body Shop, the near 50-year-old cosmetics company renowned for ethical hair and skin products, has entered bankruptcy, administrators said Tuesday, placing thousands of jobs at risk.

International Business Times

The Body Shop collapses into administration with thousands of jobs at risk

Administrators at FRP have been appointed to take over the firm and attempt to sell its assets, in order to repay the iconic brand’s debts

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

The Body Shop collapses into administration in UK

More than 2,200 jobs at risk less than three months after cosmetics chain was bought by German firm Aurelius

The Guardian - UK

‘Scent of a generation’: the Body Shop products consumers loved

Shoppers flocked to stores for the brand’s ethical and cruelty-free ranges

The Guardian - UK

The Body Shop files intention to appoint administrators

Process likely to lead to job losses and store closures, and threaten source of sales for global network of small farmers and producers

The Guardian - UK

I would mourn The Body Shop – it was a gateway to politics for animal-obsessed teenagers like me

The struggling high-street chain combined the scent of self-care with social justice, creating a generation of dewberry-smelling activists and changing the cosmetics industry for ever, writes Zoe Williams

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The Guardian - UK

Tell us: what are your memories of The Body Shop?

We want to hear from people about their favourite things about the cosmetics store as it’s set to appoint administrators

The Guardian - UK

The Body Shop set to appoint administrators; UK hit by ‘significant long-run cost of Brexit’ – as it happened

Goldman Sachs ‘Doppelgänger’ analysis suggests UK real GDP has unperformed by 5% since 2016 vote, while Body Shop’s owners have filed the intention to appoint administrators.

The Guardian - UK

Job losses likely as The Body Shop lines up administrators

Some of chain’s 200 UK stores expected to shut following weak trading over Christmas and January

Evening Standard

Best Blue Monday buys to lift your mood this January

From budget to blowout, the dopamine-raising buys to get you through the month

Evening Standard

The ES Shopping Shortlist: What to shop, see and know in January 2024

The hot-off-the-press launches and shopping newness to know this month

Marie Claire

This nourishing ingredient is exactly what your dry winter skin needs right now

Experts explain the benefits of this hero ingredient

Marie Claire

The Body Shop just became the first global beauty brand to achieve vegan certification on *all* of its products

It's a remarkable step for the industry

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