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Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop, dies at 64
Story by EtsyinthePress, Vanessa
Published on September 10, 2007 in Etsy News 		Photo by Anda
We are saddened to hear that Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop and pioneer of values led business, died suddenly today of a brain haemorrhage.

"John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace, said Dame Anita was an 'incredible woman' who was passionate about environmental and human rights issues.

'She was so ahead of her time when it came to issues of how business could be done...When you look at it today, and how every company claims to be green, she was living this decades ago.'"

See the BBC's coverage. 

NOTE:

This place-holder image looks way too cute and The Body Shop doesn't have anything to do with Etsy directly.  We just admired her way of doing business.

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Sept. 10, 2007 at 6:24 p.m. rubygirl

That is really sad. I had the honor of meeting her many years ago (early '90s). A truly inspirational woman.

Sept. 20, 2007 at 4:46 p.m. bluepiedesigns

I love the body shop and Anita was an amazing woman...I was very surprised that there was no signs in her shop (one in NJ anyway) to let the world know that she had moved on to another place..I think a few kind words about her as you entered the store would have been a good thing to do..

Oct. 5, 2007 at 2:51 a.m. yummyyarn

Pity about the Body Shop becoming part of L'oreal and Nestle. So much for ethics. Anita and the Body Shop were beacons of hope in their time. Now, sadly, it's another 'lifestyle brand' that stands for nothing but itself.

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