Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.

Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.

Running a company on market research is like driving while looking in the rear view mirror.

My mother's bottom line was truth to her values. It meant bringing your heart and your humanity to work.

If civilization is going to survive, business and policy-makers must move on, to find within themselves more developed emotions than fear or greed.

I started The Body Shop in 1976 simply to create a livelihood for myself and my two daughters, while my husband, Gordon, was trekking across the Americas. I had no training or experience and my only business acumen was Gordon's advice to take sales of £300 a week. Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.

The beauty and the fashion industry want to control you. And the way that they do it through your body. So once they control your body they control your purse and the products you buy. Its a fantastic strategy and it's working.