The Body Shop

Founded in 1976 in Brighton by animal rights and environmental activist Anita Roddick, The Body Shop is one of the UK’s most high-profile retailers. The ethical beauty retailer’s product line comprises skincare, bath and body ranges, makeup, perfumes and vegan ranges. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about The Body Shop and the beauty sector.

Latest news and insight on The Body Shop from Retail-Week.com

Data
Ranking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
2026-01-28T07:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
New data has revealed the companies with the happiest workforces, according to participants in WorkL’s Happy at Work Test employee survey.
News
Bodycare snapped up by former Body Shop CEO
2025-10-29T07:19:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
An investment group fronted by former Molton Brown and The Body Shop chief executive Charles Denton has acquired embattled beauty retailer Bodycare out of administration.
Feature
Trimming fat or cutting muscle? How retailers can preserve their brand story in an era of cost-cutting
2025-09-15T06:15:00+01:00By Megan Tatum
In the early 1990s, as sky-high interest rates, falling house prices, and an overvalued exchange rate sent the economy into a tailspin, McDonald’s famously slashed its brand marketing budget in a bid to cut costs. Just as famously, it lived to regret that decision.

More on The Body Shop

Opinion

‘New business secretary’s Body Shop background may be good news for retail’

2025-09-09T12:07:00+01:00By George MacDonald

As the next Budget looms, retailers need all the friends they can get in government, but last week’s reshuffle means they need to build new relationships, observes George MacDonald

News

The Body Shop appoints ex L’Occitane boss in new exec role

2025-08-07T10:30:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

The Body Shop has hired a former managing director of L’Occitane in the role of chief commercial and brand officer.

Cotswolds Designer Outlet: The new retail destination aiming to be accessible to everyone
2025-08-01T06:30:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
The Body Shop boss steps down after one year as successor is appointed
2025-07-09T11:15:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Nearly 170,000 UK retail workers lost their jobs in 2024
2025-01-02T07:31:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
‘A Christmas profit warning is inauspicious, but retail has reasons to be cheerful about 2025’
2024-12-19T14:52:00+00:00By George MacDonald

The Body Shop is ‘back in profit baby!’ new boss reveals
2024-12-19T13:11:00+00:00By George MacDonald
The Body Shop is rebuilding its top team with new finance and marketing chiefs
2024-11-19T12:00:00+00:00By Ritika Bhoora
The Body Shop to relocate head office to Brighton in ‘significant culture reset’
2024-10-24T11:00:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
The Body Shop CEO says brand is on its way back, starting with Spain and Portugal
2024-09-30T11:07:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora

All The Body Shop content from Retail-Week.com