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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

The Body Shop files intention to appoint administrators

A woman walks past a Body Shop store in London
The Body Shop employs more than 2,000 people in the UK. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

When Anita Roddick sold The Body Shop in 2006, she left behind not just a thriving cosmetics and skincare empire but living proof that a business could follow strict ethical guidelines and still make healthy profits.

But on Monday, the private equity-owned company filed the intention to appoint administrators.

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