Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Body Shop owner Aurelius called in administrators for the retailer’s UK operations on Tuesday, just weeks after snapping up the business. They lost that feeling one got when buying a Body Shop product – that you were helping to change the world.” Portas told The BBC: “L’Oreal knows how to use brands.

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365 Retail

MARCH 4, 2024

The Body Shop, once a pioneering force on the British high street, has encountered numerous challenges over the past decades. The acquisition by L’Oréal in 2006, for £652.3 million, marked a contentious chapter in The Body Shop’s history. However, the journey has not been without its hurdles.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 28, 2024

The refocus to home turf has also helped electricals retailer AO World, which returned to profit last year driven by the simplification of its operations and closure of its German and Dutch arms. He also sees opportunity in its beauty division, which he says sits in one of the least penetrated and fastest growing online markets.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

Next year, the brand will mark its return home to its Australian roots, with stores planned for Sydney and Melbourne. . Originally called Tsubi, the brand quickly spread to London, debuting in a disused tube station in 2002, before being renamed Ksubi in 2006 following a trademark dispute.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But I also guided the company through a complete chapter 11 reorganization back in 2006, spearheaded by Venture Capital, which was painful and ugly and embarrassing and humiliating. We don’t have any wholesale. So what does it even mean?

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