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Lyndaredington (talk · contribs) This user has contributed to the article. ("Edits provided by representatives of The Body Shop")

the "original" 'Body Shop' vs 'The Body Shop'

What is the reference to an entirely separate US-based business doing in this article? A business named 'Body Shop' is referenced and occupies the entire first paragraph of the 'History' segment seemingly for purposes of diminishing the vision and efforts of Anita Roddick. That is how it reads. Roddick's business was always called 'The Body Shop'. Why the need for the intimation of plagiarism? Propose the removal of this paragraph on grounds of irrelevancy / conflation. 2A00:23C7:3108:4D01:9DBA:7FA6:341E:E2A9 (talk) 17:59, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The reason for mentioning that other Body Shop, as far as I understand it, is explained later in the article: "In 1987, Roddick offered $3.5 million to the owners of the original Body Shop, Peggy Short and Jane Saunders, for the exclusive rights to the brand name. They agreed to the sale..." I was initially inclined to remove the "entire first paragraph" (it's just one sentence, let's not exaggerate), but then I read the rest of the History section and changed my mind.

"Seemingly for purposes of diminishing..." nothing of the sort is suggested in the article, so that is purely your own conjecture. Please try to be a little more impartial in your evaluation of the issue. There is certainly no intimation of plagiarism—again, I think you are overreacting. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 01:53, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Official Company name ==
+== the "original" 'Body Shop' vs 'The Body Shop' ==
-"The Body Shop International plc, trading as The Body Shop, is a Britishcosmetics and skin care company owned by L'Oréal."
---Either it is a publicly traded company and a plc or it is a subsidary of L'Oreal. According to its "About Us" page it was acquired by L'Oreal in 2006. Thus I am going to remove the "plc from the opening line. --[[User:Ktlynch|Ktlynch]] ([[User talk:Ktlynch|talk]]) 08:49, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
-::And if you do, I will revert it. That L'Oréal owns almost all the shares does not mean that it ceases to be a PLC. [[User:Nick Cooper|Nick Cooper]] ([[User talk:Nick Cooper|talk]]) 11:21, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
+What is the reference to an entirely separate US-based business doing in this article? A business named 'Body Shop' is referenced and occupies the entire first paragraph of the 'History' segment ''seemingly'' for purposes of diminishing the vision and efforts of Anita Roddick. That is how it reads.
-== External links modified ==
+Roddick's business was always called 'The Body Shop'. Why the need for the intimation of plagiarism?
+Propose the removal of this paragraph on grounds of irrelevancy / conflation. [[Special:Contributions/2A00:23C7:3108:4D01:9DBA:7FA6:341E:E2A9|2A00:23C7:3108:4D01:9DBA:7FA6:341E:E2A9]] ([[User talk:2A00:23C7:3108:4D01:9DBA:7FA6:341E:E2A9|talk]]) 17:59, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
-Hello fellow Wikipedians,
+:The reason for mentioning that other Body Shop, as far as I understand it, is explained later in the article: "In 1987, Roddick offered $3.5 million to the owners of the original Body Shop, Peggy Short and Jane Saunders, for the exclusive rights to the brand name. They agreed to the sale..." I was initially inclined to remove the "entire first paragraph" (it's just one sentence, let's not exaggerate), but then I read the rest of the History section and changed my mind.
+:"Seemingly for purposes of diminishing..." nothing of the sort is suggested in the article, so that is purely your own conjecture. Please try to be a little more impartial in your evaluation of the issue. There is certainly no intimation of plagiarism—again, I think you are overreacting. [[User:Revirvlkodlaku|Revirvlkodlaku]] ([[User talk:Revirvlkodlaku|talk]]) 01:53, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
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-== Founding ==
-I know little about the company but its founding is really vague and seems to be lifted from generic Entrepreneurship case study material.
-A Financial Times interview with Gordon Roddick (https://www.ft.com/content/7600fac6-c581-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a) gives the impression that it was co-founded by him and Ian McGlynn (at least as financial pertners). Does anyone have better sources?
- [[Special:Contributions/94.196.195.158|94.196.195.158]] ([[User talk:94.196.195.158|talk]]) 09:18, 17 October 2018 (UTC)