Full list of The Body Shop stores at risk of closure if the chain collapses
THE Body Shop has hired administrators, putting all its 199 stores at risk of closure.
Administrators said it will “consider all options” to find a way forward” for the iconic chain.
It comes just days after reports emerged that The Body Shop was set to appoint administrators and begin the insolvency process.
The Body Shop will continue to trade in stores and online during the administration process.
The process will only affect UK operations, while international franchises will not be affected.
The chain bosses have not yet announced what will happen to all 199 stores and staff.
Who was Body Shop founder Anita Roddick?
Dame Anita Roddick, born 23 October 1942, was a British businesswoman, human rights campaigner and environmentalist.
Throughout her life, Anita was best known as the founder of the Body Shop, a cosmetics company that produces and sells natural beauty products.
Anita opened her first body shop in Brighton in 1976.
The brand started as a small store that provided high-quality skin care products in refilled bottles, in the belief that the company could have a positive impact.
Following this, the Body Shop grew into a global retail company serving more than 30 million customers worldwide.
An avid campaigner, Anita has been involved in activism for environmental and social issues, such as involvement with Greenpeace and The Big Issue.
In addition, the late entrepreneur founded Children on the Edge in 1990, a charity organization that helps underprivileged children in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.
In 2007, Anita, who also worked with her husband Gordan, sold the company to L'Oréal but still played an active role in the company.
French firm L'Oreal paid £625 million for the company, netting Anita and her husband Gordon more than £100 million for their 18 percent stake in the company.
In September 2007, Dame Anita Roddick died aged 64 from a brain haemorrhage after being admitted to St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex.
Her husband Gordon and her two daughters, Sam and Justine, were by her side.
Prior to her death, Anita had revealed that she had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2004.
The late founder's illness was first discovered during a routine blood test for a life insurance policy.
She had been living with the disease for more than 30 years before it was discovered – by which time she was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.
In 2008, a year after her death, Anita's will revealed that she had given away all her £51 million to charity and the rest to taxes.
The retailer was founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick and her husband Gordon as one of the first companies to focus on ethically produced cosmetics and skin care products.
It comes just weeks after its new owners, European private equity firm Aurelius, took control of the company.
Aurelius, which specializes in buying and turning around troubled companies, completed a £207 million deal to buy The Body Shop from Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura & Co in November.
It was not until January 1 that it officially took control of operations.
The Body Shop, like many other retail chains, has experienced financial difficulties in a challenging environment for shoppers.
Physical stores have been hit hard as shopping behavior increasingly focuses on online retail.
Numerous major brands have ended up under government control in the past twelve months. including major discounter Wilko.
But it has since returned to the high street under The Range's ownership, and Wilko brand items are stocked in The Range stores.
Both M&Co and Joules are among the well-known brands that went bankrupt in 2022.
Paperchase then fell into administration at the end of January last year and all 106 stores later closed for good.
Here is the full list of The Body Shop stores in the UK:
- 374 Oxford Street, London
- 66 Oxford Street, London
- Ashford
- Ashford exhaust
- Aylesbury
- Banbury
- Barnstaple
- Basildon
- Basilton
- Basingstoke
- Bath
- Battersea
- Bedford
- Beverley
- Bexleyheath
- Birmingham Arena
- Birmingham New Street
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Blue water
- Bluewater, Greenhithe
- Bolton Marketplace
- Bournemouth Commercial Road
- Bracknell Lexicon
- Bradford Broadway
- Braintree exhaust
- Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- Bridgend Out
- Brighton
- Bristol Cabot Circus
- Bristol Queens Road
- Brixton
- Broughton Park
- To bury
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Caledonia Park Outlet
- Camarthen
- Camberley
- Cambridge
- Cambridge station
- Cannock exhaust
- Cardiff St David's
- Carlisle
- Carmarthen
- Castleford Outlet
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Cheshire Oaks Outlet
- Chester Foregate Street
- Chesterfield
- Chichester
- Chippenham
- Cirencester
- Clarks Village outlet, Somerset
- Colchester
- Commercial Arcade, St Peter Port, Gurnsey
- Coventry
- Crawley County Shopping Center
- Cribbs Causeway
- Dalton Park Outlet, Seaham
- Derby Intu
- Didcot
- Doncaster Lakeside Outlet
- Dudley
- Dundee
- Dunfermline
- Durham
- Ealing
- East Kilbride
- East Midlands outlet
- Oostbourne
- Edinburgh Gyle
- Edinburgh St James Quarter
- Edinburgh Waverley Market
- Enfield
- Epsom
- Exeter
- Fareham
- Farnborough
- Fleetwood Outlet
- Foyleside, Derry
- Glasgow Braehead
- The Glasgow Fort
- Glasgow Silverburn
- Glasgow St Enoch
- Glasgow station
- Gloucester
- Grimsby
- Guildford-Hoofdstraat
- Gunwharf Outlet, Portsmouth
- Halifax
- Harlow
- Harrogate
- Eg
- Hastings
- Hatfield Outlet
- Hempstead Valley
- Commercial Street Hereford
- High Wycombe
- Horsham
- Hounslow Convention Centre
- Hove
- Hull
- Huddersfield
- Ilford
- Isle of Wight
- Islington
- Kendal
- Kings Lynn
- Kings Street, St Helier, Jersey
- Kingston Upon Thames
- Lancaster
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds Bridge
- Leeds White Rose
- Leicester High Cross
- Lichfield
- Lincoln Waterfront
- Liverpool One
- Liverpool Street station
- Livingston exhaust
- London bridge
- Loughborough
- Luton
- Macclesfield
- Virgo Stone
- ManchesterArndale
- Manchester Royal Exchange
- Meadowhall-Hoofdstraat
- MediaCity UK, Manchester
- Middlesborough
- Milton Keynes
- Morpeth
- Newcastle Eldon Square
- Newton Abbott
- Noordampton
- Norwich
- Nottingham Bridlesmith Gate
- Nuneaton
- Oldham
- One New Change shopping centre, London
- Oxford Westgate
- Perth
- Peterborough Queensgate
- Little Curry, Cambridge
- Platinum Shopping Centre, Gateshead
- Plymouth
- Pool
- Portsmouth
- Preson
- Preston
- Reading
- Regent Street, London
- Romford
- Rushen Lakes
- Sailsbury
- Sheffield
- Shrewsbury
- Solihull
- Southampton
- Zuideinde
- Spalding exhaust
- Saint Albans
- Stafford
- Stains
- Standstead airside
- Stockport
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Sunderland
- Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
- Sutton
- Swansea
- Swindon outlet
- Talke Hanley Outlet, Stoke-on-rent
- Taunton
- Telford
- Thurrock
- Trafford Park
- Trowbridge
- Truro
- Tunbridge Wells
- Uxbridge Market Square
- Victoria Square shopping centre, Belfast
- Wakefield Trinity walk
- Walthamstow
- Warrington
- Watford
- Wembley outlet
- Whiteley Village Shopping Centre, Fareham
- Wigan
- Wimbledon
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Waking
- Wolverhampton
- Worchester
- Worth
- York Coppergate
- York exhaust
Meanwhile, The Sun has put together a handy guide to all the retailers closing their stores in February, including Boots and Costa.
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