Overview
- This week Bodycare confirmed it will reopen 17 stores across the UK in a phased return with 15 planned within a year and two locations in Scotland.
- The brand was bought out of administration by an investor group led by Charles Denton after the chain collapsed into administration in September 2025.
- The new 'Bodycare Studio' format will include in-store demonstration zones, feature screens, live broadcast and creator studios and a piercing service.
- Company statements say openings are 'coming soon' but no firm dates have been given and the new owners are still negotiating with landlords and inviting customers to sign up for opening updates.
- Bodycare’s collapse followed rising rents, higher staff costs and a delayed online shift that left many town centres with empty units, and the relaunch is pitched as a way to restore local jobs and revive those high-street locations.