THE Body Shop is pulling down the shutters on 75 more stores after calling in administrators – but over 100 will stay open for now.
The cosmetics, skin care and perfume chain fell into administration last month and has since closed seven of its branches.
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On Thursday, the retailer said a further 75 would close in the coming four to six weeks in a major blow for shoppers.
However, it’s not all doom and gloom, as 116 will keep their doors open and remain trading.
Sites in Aberdeen, Coventry, Manchester and London will continue welcoming in customers.
The full list of branches staying open is:
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- Aberdeen
- Ashford Outlet
- Basingstoke
- Bath
- Belfast Victoria Square
- Birmingham New St.
- Birmingham Bullring
- Bluewater
- Bracknell Lexicon
- Bradford Broadway
- Braintree Outlet
- Brent Cross
- Bridgend Outlet
- Brighton
- Bristol Cabot Circus
- Broadgate
- Bromley
- Bury St Edmonds
- Cannock Outlet
- Cardiff St Davids
- Castleford Outlet
- Canterbury Whitefriars
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Chesire Oaks Outlet
- Chester Foregate Street
- Chesterfield
- Chichester
- Clarks Village Outlet
- Colchester
- Coventry
- Crawley County Mall
- Cribbs Causeway
- Dalton Park Outlet
- Derby Intu
- Doncaster Lakeside Outlet
- Dudley
- Dundee
- Dunfermline
- Ealing
- East Midlands Outlet
- Eastbourne
- Edinburgh St James
- Enfield
- Fleetwood Outlet
- Foyleside
- Glasgow St. Enoch
- Gloucester
- Gretna Outlet
- Guildford High Street
- Gunwharf Outlet
- Harrogate
- Harrow
- Hatfield
- Hereford Commercial St
- Hounslow Treaty Centre
- Icon at O2 Outlet
- Inverness
- Kingston-Upon-Thames
- Lancaster
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds Briggate
- Leicester New Shires
- Lincoln Waterside
- Liverpool One
- Livingston Outlet
- Llandudno
- London Bridge
- Lowry Outlet
- Maidstone
- Manchester Arndale Centre
- Manchester Royal Ex
- Meadowhall High St
- Metro Centre Platinum Mall
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle Eldon Sq
- Nottingham Bridlesmith Gate
- Oxford Street Soho
- Oxford Westgate
- Poole
- Preston
- Reading
- Romford
- Rushden Lakes
- Shrewsbury
- Skipton
- Solihull
- Southampton West Quay
- Southend
- Spalding
- St. Albans
- Staines
- Stockport
- Stratford City Westfield
- Sunderland
- Sutton
- Swindon Outlet
- Talke Hanley Outlet
- Taunton
- Thurrock
- Trafford Park
- Truro
- Tunbridge Wells Royal Victoria Place
- Uxbridge Market Square
- Warrington
- Watford
- Wembley Outlet
- White City Westfield
- Whiteley Village
- Wimbledon
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Worcester
- Worthing
- York Coppergate Walk
- York Depot
It comes after The Body Shop called in administrators on February 13, putting its portfolio of then almost 200 stores at risk of closure.
When a company goes into administration, all control is passed to an appointed administrator whose job it is to stop the company from being liquidated.
If it can’t, the administrator pays as much of a company’s debts as possible from the assets.
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On February 20, FRP confirmed seven The Body Shop stores would close with immediate effect, with more to follow.
On Thursday, it was revealed 75 would shutter down in the following four to six weeks.
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FRP said the closures would help The Body Shop brand secure a “long-term, sustainable future”.
The 75 stores closing will lead to 489 staff losing their jobs, in addition to 270 who are being made redundant at The Body Shop’s head office.
The Body Shop Ambassador programme to replace the Avon-style The Body Shop at Home service has also been axed after launching on just January 12.
It comes after previous owners for The Body Shop, Natura & Co, sold the UK arm to Aurelius last November in a £207million deal.
But last month, The Body Shop’s German arm fell into administration and the month before its business arms in mainland Europe and parts of Asia were sold off.
The Body Shop was founded by Anita Roddick and her husband Gordon in Brighton in 1976.
It aimed to set itself apart from other beauty retailers by focusing on ethically sourced and naturally-based ingredients.
The brand joined the L’Oreal group in 2006, before being bought by Natura and Co in 2017.
But despite the beauty industry booming, The Body Shop saw revenues fall by 24.3% in 2022.
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Who was Body Shop founder Anita Roddick?
Dame Anita Roddick, born October 23, 1942, was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner.
Throughout her lifetime, Anita was best known as the founder of the Body Shop – a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products.
Anita opened her first Body Shop in Brighton back in 1976.
The brand first started as a small shop providing quality skincare products in refilled bottles, with the belief that the business could be a force for good.
Following this, the Body Shop went on to become a global retail business serving over 30 million customers worldwide.
As a keen campaigner, Anita was involved in activism for environmental and social issues, such as involvement with Greenpeace and The Big Issue.
In addition to this, in 1990, the late entrepreneur founded Children on the Edge – a charitable organisation which helps disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.
In 2007 Anita, who also worked alongside her husband Gordan, sold the company to L’Oréal, but still played an active role in the business.
French firm L’Oreal paid £625million for the company, providing Anita and her husband Gordon with more than £100million for their 18 per cent share in the business.
In September 2007, Dame Anita Roddick passed away at 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 at her side.
Prior to her passing, Anita had revealed that she was 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 lived with the illness 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 passing, Anita’s will revealed that she had given away all of her £51million to charity and the rest to tax.
And sluggish sales at Christmas reportedly prompted a plan to appoint experts to restructure the ailing retailer.
The Sun has taken a deep dive into what went wrong at the beloved chain.
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