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Anita Roddick
and her husband,
Gordon, opened
the first Body
Shop in 1976 in
Brighton, England.
It was funded
with a bank loan
of £4000 ($8000).
On the first day
the shop took a
mere £130 ($260)
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The Body Shop
grew rapidly,
most of its shops
being run by
franchise-holders.
Ten years after
the first shop
opened, there
were 79 through-
out the UK
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Roddick announced
an investment of
£2.1 million in
the USA and Japan
in 1987. By that
time, expansion
overseas had pushed
the number of
Body Shops up to
250; four years
later there were
587 of them in
39 countries
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Roddick became
as well known
for her social
philosophy as
for her business
prowess. The
environmental
campaigns to
which she com-
mitted herself
and her company
attracted most
attention, but
the management
style of Body
Shop was also
a reflection of
Anita Roddick's
ideological zeal
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The success of
Body Shop led
other retailers
to create their
own competing
brands. By mid-
1995, the Body
Shop had 1220
outlets; but in
the USA, where
the company had
great difficulty
in establishing
itself, it faced
20 look-alike
competitors
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The Body Shop's
Trade Not Aid
program aimed to
provide trading
links with tribal
communities.
Roddick has
traveled widely
in South America,
both to source
raw materials
and to research
environmental
issues
#
Roddick has
taken a special
interest in the
people of the
rainforest in
Brazil. She led
a demonstration
at the Brazilian
Embassy in 1989
to protest against
the destruction of
the forests. Such
actions drew
attention to the
tragedy in the
rainforests - and,
of course, they
raised the profile
of the Body Shop
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One of The Body
Shop's founding
principles was
to sell beauty
products that
had been made
without cruelty
to animals. When,
in 1990, an EC
proposal sought
to outlaw such
products, Anita
Roddick went on
the offensive
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Another campaign,
another photo
opportunity, and
yet more good
publicity for The
Body Shop. Anita
Roddick has the
knack of promoting
human rights and
environmental
issues, herself,
and her business,
all in one
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