Sep 10
RIP Anita Roddick
Cats: beauty, culture|You were an inspiration for girl entrepreneurs everywhere.
You showed us that abstract things like ideas, vision, hard work, blind determination, risk and little luck could be turned into something very concrete and great.
And you showed us that the naysayers can be shut down if you just ignore them long enough.
Now your Body Shop is in every mall everywhere. You showed those naysayers and in the process, you inspired the rest of us.
And now you’re gone.
RIP Anita. You were one of the good ones.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
That’s sad news.
I really like this one men’s soap they have, the smell is so damned nice.
September 10th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Aw, that’s crummy. So younge, too.
I got my first basket of Body Shop stuff when I was about 14 and I babysat a neighbour’s kid and they gave me that AND my hourly wage.
Peppermint foot cream…
September 10th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Very sad, but she did a lot of good and the products are amazing.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Dale, I’ve always wondered, doesn Man soup work differently than Woman soup?
Espanya, Peppermint foot cream … why is that ringing bells. Did you blog on that or dale or someone else?
Chelene, and she gave away most of her money.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:11 am
I only mention the peppermint foot cream because I think it’s what a lot of young girls started using from the Body Shop.
September 12th, 2007 at 3:53 am
Sad to hear we’ve lost such a ground-breaking and ethical businesswoman and human being. There’s a really lovely post in yesterday’s Globe and Mail about her.