Photo credit: CNW Group/The Body Shop

By Pete McIntyre

Restructuring

The Body Shop closing Vernon store and 32 others

Mar 1, 2024 | 10:40 AM

Another national retailer is about to disappear from some malls across the country including in Vernon.

The Body Shop has announced it is closing 33 of its 105 stores and halting its e-commerce operations.

The company is looking to restructure under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

Liquidation sales have started at the impacted outlets including the one at Vernon’s Village Green Shopping Centre

It’s not known how many workers will be impacted.

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The Body Shop Canada is immediately commencing liquidation sales at the following 33 closing stores:

Village Green (Vernon)
Semiahmoo (White Rock)
Hillside Shopping Centre (Victoria)
Bayview Village (Toronto)
Lawson Heights (Saskatoon)
Rideau Centre (Ottawa)
Carlingwood Mall (Ottawa)
Lloyd Mall (Lloydminster)
Cataraqui Town Centre (Kingston)
Londonderry Mall (Edmonton)
Shoppers Mall (Brandon)
Champlain Place (Dieppe)
Lynden Park Mall (Brantford)
Stone Road Mall (Guelph)
Corner Brook Plaza (Corner Brook)
Mayflower Mall (Sydney)
Sunridge Mall (Calgary)
Cornwall Centre (Regina)
McAllister Place (Saint John)
The Centre (Saskatoon)
Dufferin Mall (Toronto)
Medicine Hat Mall (Medicine Hat)
The Shops at Don Mills (Toronto)
Fairview Park Mall (Kitchener)
Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon)
Timmins Square (Timmins)
Park Place (Lethbridge)
Toronto Pearson Term. 1 (Toronto)
Lambton Mall (Sarnia)
Place d’Orleans (Orleans)
Truro Mall (Truro)
Lansdowne Place (Peterborough)
Queen Street East (Toronto)

(With files from The Canadian Press)