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    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      How consumers fell out of love with The Body Shop

      UK high street stalwart known for its anti-animal testing campaigns in the 1990s has lost touch with eco-shoppers

      A Body Shop store
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Private equity
      Natura to sell The Body Shop to private equity firm for £207mn

      Aurelius buys ethical beauty retailer from Brazilian cosmetics group

      A Body Shop store
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Natura Cosmeticos SA
      Brazil’s Natura considers Body Shop sale

      Beauty conglomerate has struggled to turn around UK ethical skincare brand

      The Body Shop logo outside one of its stores
    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      News in-depthNatura Cosmeticos SA
      Cosmetics group Natura embarks on makeover

      Body Shop and Avon owner is concentrating on revamping its brands during consumer spending squeeze

      Natura
    • Monday, 11 May, 2020
      Body Shop turns to direct sellers to ease US coronavirus hit

      Natura-owned UK cosmetics chain restarts programme after more than a decade

      Body Shop moisturisers
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2017
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      It is not easy being imperfect

      Millennials are not buying into the idea of the perfect brand — perfection is passé

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    • Monday, 11 September, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Brazil’s Natura sets earnings targets after closing Body Shop deal
    • Monday, 11 September, 2017
      fastFTMatthew Vincent
      Opening Quote: ABF’s recipe for sweeter profit; Carillion’s shake-up; Body Shop’s mystery man
    • Monday, 11 September, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Natura Cosméticos selects new Body Shop chief exec
    • Friday, 9 June, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      L’Oréal in talks with Brazil’s Natura over Body Shop sale

      Cosmetics giant put struggling British retailer on the block earlier this year

      The Body Shop logo sits on the lids of body butter moisturiser inside a Body Shop International Plc store, owned by L'Oreal SA, in London, U.K., on Thursday, April 6, 2016. The Body Shop burst onto the scene in 1976 as a more natural and ethical alternative to mainstream cosmetics. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 9 June, 2017
      LexPersonal & Household Goods
      Body Shop: full Brazilian Premium content

      Natura Cosméticos faces a big challenge

      File photo dated 06/01/16 of a shop sign for The Body Shop in central London, as L'Oreal is mulling a one billion euro (£852 million) sale of The Body Shop more than 10 years after snapping up the ethical skincare brand, according to reports. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday February 8, 2017. The French cosmetics giant is said to have drafted in bankers from Lazard to review its options and sound out buyers, with some private equity firms eyeing a possible deal, the Financial Times said. See PA story CITY BodyShop. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA Wire
    • Friday, 9 June, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      L’Oréal picks Brazilian buyer for Body Shop
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      China’s Fosun joins bidding for The Body Shop
    • Friday, 7 April, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      The Body Shop attracts interest from private equity bidders

      Analysts sceptical of L’Oréal’s €1bn price tag for struggling skincare retailer

      THE BODY SHOP new look store on Oxford Street in London.
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    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      South Korea’s CJ Group says considering Body Shop bid
    • Friday, 10 February, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      L’Oréal comes clean on Body Shop future

      Ethical retailer has strayed from its origins under founder Anita Roddick

      Anita Roddick and Body Shop logo
    • Thursday, 9 February, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      L’Oréal confirms it is ‘exploring’ sale of Body Shop
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      Hargreaves Lansdown’s dividend oversight invites more onlookers

      The bigger problem for the retail brokerage is reputational

      Peter Hargreaves, the co-founder of stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown, poses at his home near Bristol, Britain, May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew MacAskill - RTX2F9BX
    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      L’Oréal explores €1bn sale of The Body Shop
    • Thursday, 28 July, 2016
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    • Tuesday, 2 July, 2013
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      Skills and job creation take top spots in responsible business awards table

      Presentation coincides with evidence that public confidence in companies is at a low point around the world

      Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant, Birmingham
    • Tuesday, 12 February, 2013
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      Bank chief: ‘I’m planning my next revolution’

      Despite his success, the founder of Metro Bank just can’t stop working

    • Tuesday, 6 November, 2012
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    • Thursday, 27 September, 2012
      ObituaryPersonal & Household Goods
      Lush awash with hippy profitability
      Mark and Mo Constantine at their Lush headquarters in Poole, Dorset
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