Full list of Body Shop stores at risk of closure after seven shut immediately
The Body Shop has called in administrators with seven of its 199 shops closing its doors immediately.
Yesterday administrators FRP Advisory revealed four stores in London and three others across the UK would shut for good.
Other stores are expected to continue trading until further updates from insolvency experts overseeing the process are completed.
Previously, it said it would ‘consider all options to find a way forward’, all of those shops are at risk of closure.
Administrators from FRP Advisory said in a statement: ‘After years of unprofitability and following a full evaluation of The Body Shop’s UK business, the joint administrators have concluded that the current store portfolio mix is no longer viable.
‘This swift action will help re-energise The Body Shop’s iconic brand and provide it with the best platform to achieve its ambition to be a modern, dynamic beauty brand that is able to return to profitability and compete for the long term.’
What Body Shop stores are closing?
This is the full list of Body Shop branches in the UK which are at risk of closure. Those immediately closing are in bold:
- 374 Oxford Street, London
- 66 Oxford Street, London
- Ashford
- Ashford Outlet
- Aylesbury
- Banbury
- Barnstaple
- Basildon
- Basilton
- Basingstoke
- Bath
- Battersea
- Bedford
- Beverley
- Bexleyheath
- Birmingham Bullring
- Birmingham New Street
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Bluewater
- Bluewater, Greenhithe
- Bolton Market Place
- Bournemouth Commercial Road
- Bracknell Lexicon
- Bradford Broadway
- Braintree Outlet
- Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- Bridgend Outet
- Brighton
- Bristol Cabot Circus
- Bristol Queens Road
- Brixton
- Broughton Park
- Bury
- Bury St Edmunds
- Caledonia Park Outlet
- Camarthen
- Camberley
- Cambridge
- Cambridge Station
- Canary Wharf
- Cannock Outlet
- Cardiff St Davids
- Carlisle
- Carmarthen
- Castleford Outlet
- Cheapside London
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Cheshire Oaks Outlet
- Chester Foregate Street
- Chesterfield
- Chichester
- Chippenham
- Cirencester
- Clarks Village Outlet, Somerset
- Colchester
- Commercial Arcade, St Peter Port, Gurnsey
- Coventry
- Crawley County Mall
- Cribbs Causeway
- Dalton Park Outlet, Seaham
- Derby Intu
- Didcot
- Doncaster Lakeside Outlet
- Dudley
- Dundee
- Dunfermline
- Durham
- Ealing
- East Kilbride
- East Midlands Outlet
- Eastbourne
- Edinburgh Gyle
- Edinburgh St James Quarter
- Edinburgh Waverley Market
- Enfield
- Epsom
- Exeter
- Fareham
- Farnborough
- Fleetwood Outlet
- Foyleside, Derry
- Glasgow Braehead
- Glasgow Fort
- Glasgow Silverburn
- Glasgow St Enoch
- Glasgow Station
- Gloucester
- Grimsby
- Guildford High Street
- Gunwharf Outlet, Portsmouth
- Halifax
- Harlow
- Harrogate
- Harrow
- Hastings
- Hatfield Outlet
- Hempstead Valley
- Hereford Commercial Street
- High Wycombe
- Horsham
- Hounslow Treaty Centre
- Hove
- Huddersfield
- Ilford
- Isle of Wight
- Islington
- Kendal
- Kings Lynn
- Kings Street, St Helier, Jersey
- Kingston-Upon-Thames
- Lancaster
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds Briggate
- Leeds White Rose
- Leicester High Cross
- Lichfield
- Lincoln Waterside
- Liverpool One
- Liverpool Street Station
- Livingston Outlet
- London Bridge
- Loughborough
- Luton
- Macclesfield
- Maidstone
- Manchester Arndale
- Manchester Royal Exchange
- Meadowhall High Street
- MediaCity UK, Manchester
- Middlesborough
- Milton Keynes
- Morpeth
- Newcastle Eldon Square
- Newton Abbott
- Northampton
- Norwich
- Nottingham Bridlesmith Gate
- Nuneaton
- Oldham
- One New Change Shopping Centre, London
- Oxford Westgate
- Perth
- Peterborough Queensgate
- Petty Curry, Cambridge
- Platinum Mall, Gateshead
- Plymouth
- Poole
- Portsmouth
- Preson
- Preston
- Reading
- Regent Street, London
- Romford
- Rushen Lakes
- Sailsbury
- Sheffield
- Shrewsbury
- Solihull
- Southampton
- Southend
- Spalding Outlet
- St Albans
- Stafford
- Staines
- Standstead Airside
- Stockport
- Stratford Upon Avon
- Sunderland
- Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
- Sutton
- Swansea
- Swindon Outlet
- Talke Hanley Outlet, Stoke-on-rent
- Taunton
- Telford
- Thurrock
- Trafford Park
- Trowbridge
- Truro
- Tunbridge Wells
- Uxbridge Market Square
- Victoria Square Shopping Centre, Belfast
- Wakefield Trinity Walk
- Walthamstow
- Warrington
- Watford
- Wembley Outlet
- Whiteley Village Shopping Centre, Fareham
- Wigan
- Wimbledon
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Woking
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Worthing
- York Coppergate
- York Outlet
The Body Shop was founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick and her husband Gordon. It was one of the first companies to focus on ethically produced cosmetics and skincare.
The business’s new owners, European private equity firm Aurelius, only took over in January after buying it from Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura & Co for £207 million.
The announcement comes at a challenging time for retailers, as years of financial struggles caused by the coronavirus lockdowns and the rise of online shopping have hit high street shops hard.
Last year bargain retailer Wilko went into administration, and Paperchase was forced to close all of its shops.
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