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The Body Shop has fallen

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Cismyfatarse1 · 10/06/2020 19:05

Just seen this on Twitter.

For those who like their Ginger Shampoo, can I suggest MooGoo.

Also, Aveeno is a good replacement for their Shea butter.

Other thoughts welcome. Feel free to suggest other ideas.

The Body Shop has fallen
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EffYouSeeKaye · 10/06/2020 19:52

Ffs. Outrageous to see such blatant trolling by a high street brand. Shock Unbelievable. Happily I shop elsewhere.

Footle · 10/06/2020 19:50

Aveeno's statement on testing

The Body Shop has fallen
DiscontentedWoman · 10/06/2020 19:50

Well I've just diverted a not insignificant amount of money away from The Body Shop and bought more JKR books instead. 🖕 to The Body Shop

dementedma · 10/06/2020 19:50

I worked for Body shop briefly back in the 80’s and actually met Anita Roddick, who was very inspirational. I used to love their White Musk perfume.
I haven’t bought from them now for years and won’t ever again. Sold out to a big cosmetics company and lost all their ethics.

Lordfrontpaw · 10/06/2020 19:50

@XDownwiththissortofthingX

And the net tightens that little bit more around the transphobes.

Good on you Body Shop!

Transphobic for expecting a company not to attack women? Grow up.
Alyssum34456 · 10/06/2020 19:49

I was uncertain about Jo's tweet but after this...

I'm really angry at the body shop too. Disgusting response.

EmpressLangClegInChair · 10/06/2020 19:49

I get my soaps, shampoo etc from a small women-run family firm called wild-sage.co.uk & they’re bloody brilliant.

WaxOnFeckOff · 10/06/2020 19:48

Is there a list of who we are avoiding or who we are supporting?

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 10/06/2020 19:48

And the net tightens that little bit more around the transphobes.

Good on you Body Shop!

TheChampagneGalop · 10/06/2020 19:48

Disgusting misogyny. A company joins in bullying a woman standing up for women.

MrsPeacockInTheLibrary · 10/06/2020 19:47

Is there a bodyshop person to contact?

Wishforsnow · 10/06/2020 19:47

I won't be buying from them again and my dd has said she won't now either

MaybeDoctor · 10/06/2020 19:46

Many moons (geddit?) ago I read Anita Roddick's biography and it was clear that some of her initial challenges in setting up the very first Body Shop were to do with her status as a mother (ergo a biological woman) and needing to conform to a male-dominated business world. For example, having no childcare (her husband having gone off to Argentina on an adventure Hmm) so needing to take her two young children to a meeting with a bank manager for a small business loan, where she was promptly turned down. Apparently she was accepted a short time later when she turned up sans children and in a suit. Biological sex matters.

sleepydragons · 10/06/2020 19:46

I'm surprised it took so long to be honest. If Anita Roddick had still been alive and at the helm it'd have happened a lot, lot sooner.

Jkslays · 10/06/2020 19:46

They were on their way out. This is a last ditch attempt to draw attention to themselves. Pathetic.

Some where in a board meeting a man said ‘ hey guys I know what we can do.. let’s throw our core customers under the bus and open the doors for a tiny minority..’

And five other guys said ‘yeah.... that’s a good idea’

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 10/06/2020 19:46

OP when you said fallen I initially assumed you meant closing and I wasn't surprised at all.

Looks like a keen intern trying to be twitter relevant.

They're no Yorkshire tea Grin

YouokHun · 10/06/2020 19:45

*The body shop has been crap for ages, it's a long way from the business Anita Roddick set up.

As others have mentioned since being sold by i'ordeal it now operates as an MLM. It's no friend to women*

@PronounssheRa L’Oreal sold the body shop to the slightly less dreadful Natura BUT it is now in the same stable as another MLM; Avon. Anyone who has bought BS for its anti cruelty stance ought to be worried about that because Avon doesn’t give a shit about animal cruelty. I agree with you, when a company decides to set up an MLM (As BS did in 1994) they are basically abandoning their ethics. MLM is an exploitative business model that causes huge losses among the great majority of sign ups, mostly women.

On that basis nothing a Body Shop does surprises me. They’re big business dressed up a caring and ethical.

Fairenuff · 10/06/2020 19:45

Wow, at a time when retailers are suffering their biggest losses, is this really a good marketing move?

Artesia · 10/06/2020 19:44

I love the irony. It is bloody natural. But only if you are born female. Otherwise it’s anything but natural....

underneaththeash · 10/06/2020 19:44

Eh? I'm not getting their message.
Periods are obviously natural for pre-menopausal women, but not for anyone pertaining to be a woman, but who is really a man.

redskittleorangeskittle · 10/06/2020 19:44

The Body Shop thinks that a 54 year old woman needs educating about periods.
Okay then.

(Used to buy hemp hand cream religiously but have found that l’occitane Shea works out better value and is much more effective.)

lionheart · 10/06/2020 19:43

They appear a little confused about all this.

Andthenthenewone · 10/06/2020 19:43

Well, they can do what they like with their shop now. I am not buying there anymore. Neither will my family. Hmm

Chloemol · 10/06/2020 19:41

NO ore body shop for me then

StandWithYou · 10/06/2020 19:41

They have misread the room. I don’t think they saw JK’s answers piece before reading it. However I think using the pile on and bullying directed to JK as part of a promotion is disgusting. I have emailed and explained why I will never shop there again.