Body Shop stores have closed, but we can’t let its products disappear
Anita Roddick’s visionary brand paved the way for ethical beauty. It would be wrong to lose it now
February 2024
The Body Shop to close 75 stores across UK and cut hundreds of jobs
The Body Shop’s German arm falls into administration
Brief letters
A piercing flashback to The Body Shop
The Body Shop files intention to appoint administrators
‘Scent of a generation’: the Body Shop products consumers loved
I would mourn The Body Shop – it was a gateway to politics for animal-obsessed teenagers like me
Zoe Williams
September 2019
Body Shop gets greener with refillable shower gel and activism zone
New concept store in central London is attempt to return to roots of founder Anita Roddick
June 2017
L’Oréal to sell Body Shop to Brazil's Natura in €1bn deal
French parent of ailing ethical retailer in exclusive talks with Aesop owner, with sale expected later this year
April 2017
Can end of unhappy marriage with L'Oréal breathe new life into Body Shop?
Cosmetics giant readies to offload ethical beauty chain after decade of decline as private equity firms and South Korean conglomerate look to buy
August 2016
Poor little rich kids – the perils of inheriting vast wealth
At 25, Hugh Grosvenor has inherited his family title and a £9.3bn fortune – but while it sounds enviable, it will present the new duke with serious challenges
February 2016
Body Shop boss goes back to the rainforest
Jeremy Schwartz has a corporate CV but is keen to reconnect the company, now owned by L’Oréal, with its principles
June 2012
Other lives
Shauna Crockett-Burrows obituary
Other lives: Founder and editor-in chief of Positive News, which focuses on the good things happening in the world
April 2012
Handbag queen named businesswoman of the year
Anya Hindmarch, who was inspired by Margaret Thatcher, launched her first handbag venture when she was 19 years old
January 2011
Roddick rubs shoulders with Manning in latest UK biography dictionary
Sixty volume Dictionary of National Biography adds 216 Britons who departed in 2007, including Deedes, Coren, Sherrin and Melly
November 2007
Music blog
Pianos for public spaces
Anita Roddick tried to imagine what the world would be like if beauty were the central plank of the government's manifesto. What a fantastic idea.
