The Body Shop brand placed in receivership in France. The beauty brand had been in turmoil for weeks.

It employs around 260 people in around sixty locations. Since mid-February, supplies to stores in France have been suspended. “We are starting to run out of certain products,” said a saleswoman a few days ago, hoping for a “resumption of deliveries in April” The Body Shop was founded in 1976 by the British Anita Roddick, known for having obtained a ban on cosmetic testing on animals in many countries.