16 February 2024 - The Body Shop collapses into administration in UK
The Body Shop UK enters administration threatening more than 2,000 jobs and 100 shops
Sarah Taaffe-Maguire (Sky News, 13/02/2024)
The UK arm of The Body Shop has entered administration, threatening stores and more than 2,000 jobs.
The Body Shop: A look back at the retailer's heyday in the 1980s
(BBC News, 13/02/2024)
The Body Shop's UK business entered administration on Tuesday, potentially putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk.
BBC News archive footage shows Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, talking about her company's success, in a 1984 interview.
How The Body Shop unravelled in 3 months
Will Louch and Laura Onita (Financial Times, 16/02/2024)
As shoppers were hitting the high street in the weeks leading up to Christmas last year, private equity firm Aurelius was eyeing a bargain of its own.
The collapse of The Body Shop shows that ‘ethical’ branding is not a free pass to commercial success
Kokho Jason Sit (The Conversation, 15/02/2024)
The Body Shop has become the latest casualty of the British high street. The familiar sight (and distinctive smell) of its stores is under threat as the UK arm of the business goes into administration.