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Body Shop is to shed about 150 jobs at the Littlehampton-based headquarters of its beauty products business, with 275 jobs being lost worldwide. 02-Mar-2009 Body Shop is planning to expand its chain of 312 stores with up to 15 new outlets this year and 50 over the next three to five years. 26-Feb-2007 Body Shop is planning to open a further 15 beauty products stores across the country this year, having appointed Savills to find suitable sites. 26-Jun-2006 Body Shop International, the beauty products retailer with more than 2,000 stores in 53 countries, is to be acquired by L'Oreal of France for £652m. 20-Mar-2006 Body Shop International has acquired its Canadian franchisee, which operates 111 stores, for £11m. 26-Jul-2004 Body Shop International is paying £11m for a 75% stake in its Mighty Ocean franchise in Hong Kong, in preparation for its expansion into China. 28-Jun-2004 Body Shop International is planning to open more than 300 stores around the world over the next three years, and is particularly interested in the US, Europe and South America. 03-May-2004 Body Shop is cutting 55 jobs at its Littlehampton headquarters, including jobs in visual merchandising, finance, the factory tour and factory shop. 17-Apr-2002 Body Shop is planning to open a further 50 pharmacy concessions in Ireland by next year, through its Alwywn Investments franchisee. 15-Apr-2002 Body Shop is considering plans to expand its chain of four Botanicals health and beauty stores, which could lead to a network of up to 60 outlets. 22-Oct-2001 Body Shop is planning to treble the size of its home shopping and internet retailing business, and has increased the number of self-employed consultants to 3,000. 23-Jul-2001 Body Shop International is to buy the remaining 51% of its US retailing business from joint venture partner Bellamy Retail for £7.9m. 17-Jul-2001 Body Shop has appointed a franchise partner to open its first stores in South Africa, and has also announced the collapse of takeover talks with Omnilife of Mexico. 26-Jun-2001 Body Shop has received a £290m takeover approach from Grupo Omnilife, the Mexican nutritional supplements company. 08-Jun-2001 Body Shop International is planning a major expansion of its US cosmetics and toiletries business, which will involve new stores, an online operation and a network of commission-based agents. 13-Oct-2000 Body Shop International is forming a joint venture with Softbank Venture Capital to develop a new online retailing site for cosmetics and toiletries. 27-Apr-2000 Body Shop International is to take closer control of its retail business by buying 41 stores run by 13 franchise groups at a cost of £16m. 17-Sep-1999 Body Shop International has sold its two Littlehampton-based factories to Pac Creative of South Africa for £6.8m, in order to focus on retailing and product innovation. 24-Aug-1999 Body Shop International is in discussions to sell its Littlehampton manufacturing plants to Pac Creative, the South African contract manufacturer. 25-Jun-1999 Body Shop International has confirmed plans to cut 300 jobs at its Littlehampton base, and is in talks to sell its factories. 07-May-1999 Body Shop International has announced a restructuring programme that will involve the introduction of a loyalty card scheme and a withdrawal from manufacturing, including the sale of its Littlehampton factory. 27-Jan-1999 Body Shop International is acquiring its German franchise operator Cosmo Trading for £7m, and plans to double the size of the operation over the next few years. 24-Dec-1998 Body Shop is linking up with KPMG to offer advice to companies on social, ethical and environmental reporting, and the operation will be called Sustainability Advisory Services. 07-Dec-1998 Body Shop has announced plans to refit 400 of its 1,637 stores worldwide, reduce stocks by 20% and improve the efficiency of the distribution system. 23-Oct-1998 Body Shop International's shareholders have approved a plan for the cosmetics retailer to restructure its lossmaking US business, which will see Bellamy Retail Group gain an option to acquire about half of the operation. 23-Jun-1998 Body Shop International is changing the format of its stores, and will include semi-private areas offering beauty and health treatments. 30-Oct-1997 Body Shop, the environmentally-friendly cosmetics retailer, is to revamp its stores and stop selling some of its cheaper green-label products in order to attract higher spending customers. 01-Nov-1996 Body Shop International is discussing the acquisition of Craigross Holdings, which operates six Body Shop franchises in Scotland. 31-Aug-1996 Body Shop International has scrapped plans to go private because future growth would have been hit by the high level of borrowings needed. 05-Mar-1996 The Roddicks are considering the possibility of buying back Body Shop International, following its flotation in 1984. 01-Nov-1995
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