Talk:The Body Shop

Latest comment: 9 months ago by Revirvlkodlaku in topic the "original" 'Body Shop' vs 'The Body Shop'

the "original" 'Body Shop' vs 'The Body Shop'

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What is the reference to an entirely separate US-based business doing in this article? A business named 'Body Shop' is referenced and occupies the entire first paragraph of the 'History' segment seemingly for purposes of diminishing the vision and efforts of Anita Roddick. That is how it reads. Roddick's business was always called 'The Body Shop'. Why the need for the intimation of plagiarism? Propose the removal of this paragraph on grounds of irrelevancy / conflation. 2A00:23C7:3108:4D01:9DBA:7FA6:341E:E2A9 (talk) 17:59, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

The reason for mentioning that other Body Shop, as far as I understand it, is explained later in the article: "In 1987, Roddick offered $3.5 million to the owners of the original Body Shop, Peggy Short and Jane Saunders, for the exclusive rights to the brand name. They agreed to the sale..." I was initially inclined to remove the "entire first paragraph" (it's just one sentence, let's not exaggerate), but then I read the rest of the History section and changed my mind.
"Seemingly for purposes of diminishing..." nothing of the sort is suggested in the article, so that is purely your own conjecture. Please try to be a little more impartial in your evaluation of the issue. There is certainly no intimation of plagiarism—again, I think you are overreacting. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 01:53, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply