The Body Shop Sold To Aurelius Group

Retail
Written By Rick Watson

The Body Shop is a British cosmetics and skincare company known for its ethical and environmentally conscious approach, offering a range of cruelty-free products and advocating for social and environmental causes.

Natura &Co has announced the sale of The Body Shop to private equity firm Aurelius Group for £207 million ($257 million). Natura &Co continues to simplify its operations as it also sold Aesop to L’Oréal earlier in the year.

Retail Dive: The Body Shop sold to private equity

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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