Overview
- Bodycare has published a named list of 17 planned store sites, mostly in the North of England and the Midlands, and says it will open 15 stores within a year with the first shop due to reopen in Sheffield in July.
- The brand entered administration last September, which led to the closure of all 147 stores and the loss of more than 1,000 jobs, a collapse the new owners say they are reversing.
- An investment group reported to be led by former Body Shop and Molton Brown CEO Charles Denton bought the business out of administration in April and has driven the relaunch plans.
- The new 'Bodycare Studio' format will include free-to-use in-store content-creator studios, product demonstration zones, live broadcast facilities and a professional piercing studio at each site as part of a digital-first push.
- Key details remain unconfirmed on specific opening dates beyond Sheffield, staffing for the new stores and the financial terms of the acquisition, and the revival reflects a wider high-street shift toward experience-led retail.