The Body Shop: Full list of the 75 shops set to close
The Body Shop has announced the names of 75 stores it will be closing over the coming weeks, in addition to seven immediate closures it confirmed two weeks ago.
Whilst it will keep 116 UK stores open, the cosmetics retailer could let go of up to 800 members of staff, taking into account head office redundancies.
The retailer collapsed into administration earlier this month, just weeks after being acquired by private equity group Aurelius. FRP Advisory were appointed to explore the retailer’s options.
FRP Advisory’s Tony Wright said: “In taking swift action to right-size The Body Shop UK store portfolio, we have stabilised the business.
“We remain fully focused on exploring all options to take the business forward.”
The stores set to close are:
- Aylesbury
- Banbury
- Barnstaple
- Basildon
- Battersea
- Bedford
- Beverley
- Bexleyheath
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Bournemouth Commercial Rd
- Bolton
- Brixton
- Broughton Park
- Bury
- Camberley
- Carlisle
- Carmarthen
- Chippenham
- Cirencester
- Croydon
- Didcot
- Durham
- East Kilbride
- Edinburgh Gyle Centre
- Edinburgh Princes Mall
- Epsom
- Fareham
- Farnborough
- Glasgow Braehead
- Glasgow Fort
- Glasgow Silverburn
- Glasgow Station
- Grimsby
- Halifax
- Harlow
- Hastings
- Hempstead Valley
- High Wycombe
- Huddersfield
- Hull
- Ilford
- Ipswich
- Isle of Wight
- Islington
- Kendal
- Kings Lynn
- Leeds White Rose
- Lewisham Centre
- Lichfield
- Loughborough
- Luton
- Macclesfield
- Middlesbrough
- Morpeth
- Newton Abbot
- Northampton
- Oldham
- Perth
- Peterborough Queensgate
- Portsmouth
- Regent Street
- Salisbury
- Stafford
- Stanstead Airside
- Stratford Upon Avon
- Swansea
- Telford
- Thanet
- Trowbridge
- Wakefield Trinity Walk
- Walthamstow
- Wigan
- Woking
- Wolverhampton
The Body Shop was founded in 1976 by the late Dame Anita Roddick. It was sold to French beauty company L’Oreal in 2006, before changing hands twice, first to Brazilian group Natura and then to Aurelius for £207m.
Other potential buyers for the business included Bensons for Beds owner Alteri Investors, former Hotter Shoes owner Epiris, and activist investors Elliott Advisors.