Process likely to lead to job losses and store closures, and threaten source of sales for global network of small farmers and producers

• ‘Scent of a generation’: Body Shop products consumers loved

When Anita Roddick sold The Body Shop in 2006, she left behind not just a thriving cosmetics and skincare empire but living proof that a business could follow strict ethical guidelines and still make healthy profits.

But on Monday, the private equity-owned company filed the intention to appoint administrators.