70 jobs lost as Body Shop NZ goes into liquidation, closes final stores

What went wrong for The Body Shop?

Before tweens and teens clamoured for the high-end skincare and beauty products peddled by the likes of Sephora, they flocked to The Body Shop.

The Body Shop Shuts All New Zealand Stores

All 16 New Zealand stores of The Body Shop have permanently closed, leaving 70 staff unemployed, liquidators announced on April 2. The cosmetic and beauty products retailer had been in voluntary administration since January, but its stores had remained open to clear stock. However, at a March 27 creditors’ meeting, liquidators Daniel Stoneman and Neale Jackson of Calibre Partners confirmed the company would be placed into liquidation. Stores had…

70 jobs lost as Body Shop NZ goes into liquidation, closes final stores

Body Shop NZ has gone into liquidation with around 70 jobs lost. The cosmetic and beauty products retailer had been in voluntary administration since January...

The Body Shop NZ owes $12 million, mall landlords among creditors – Net News 1

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The company Kambar, which has laid off 70 people and is heading for bankruptcy.

Body Butter! Animal Soap! A Nostalgic Farewell to The Body Shop

At the news The Body Shop will be closing its doors for good in New Zealand, Kelly Bertrand pays a nostalgic tribute It was the best of times. It’s 2001 and Christmas money is burning a hole in my pocket, Boxing Day sales are raging through the local mall and I had one mission, and one mission only – buy the thing I’d been lusting over for months. I’d cut pictures of it out of magazines and carefully plastered them on my walls, along with the tr…