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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

The Body Shop’s German arm falls into administration

The Body Shop International Ltd logo on a smartphone screen.
The Body Shop’s UK business went into administration this week. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The Body Shop’s mainland European businesses have begun shutting down, with the German stores put into administration and its Belgian staff told they will be next, placing more than 460 jobs at risk across the two countries.

The closures come after Aurelius, the German restructuring specialist that bought The Body Shop last year, put the ethical beauty chain’s main UK business into administration this week.

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