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Bath & Body Works, LLC is an American retailer under the L Brands (formerly Limited Brands) umbrella, along with Victoria's Secret. It was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio and has since expanded across the United States, Canada and Chile. In 1997 it was the largest bath shop chain in the United States. It specializes in shower gels, lotions, fragrance mists, perfumes, candles, and home fragrances.

History

Bath & Body Works was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio. The company's first store opened in a Cambridge, Massachusetts mall in September 1990. In 1997, a secondary brand called Bath & Body Works at Home was launched. The division has since been renamed White Barn Candle Company.

The company launched both a seasonal catalog and a website in 2006. In November 2006, Bath & Body Works launched its first television commercial advertisement. Net sales as of January 28, 2006 were $2.3 billion, significantly higher than all other L Brands companies other than Victoria's Secret.

In July 2008, the company announced that it was opening six locations in Canada. With the company acquiring Canadian-based La Senza, they felt it was the opportunity to move into a growing Canadian market, with The Body Shop being its main competition.

Bath & Body Works operates more than 1,600 stores. In October 2010, it opened its first stores outside of North America in Kuwait, by the franchise giant M.H. Alshaya.

Products

Bath and Body Works stocks a wide range of bath and beauty products in the United States. The retail store has products ranging from candles to hand soaps to body lotions. The products are a part of one of the brand's main segments, body care, hand soaps and sanitizers and home fragrance.

Body Care

The body care segment has multiple collections within it. These collections include, Signature collection, Retired fragrances, True Blue Spa, C.O. Bigelow, Aromatherapy and Travel Body Care. The Signature collection includes, shower gels, body lotions, body creams, fragrance mists and body scrubs. Items include fragrances for both men and women. This collection includes the fragrance, Japanese Cherry Blossom, which is Bath and Body Works' best seller. It also includes A Thousand Wishes, which won a This fragrance won a consumer's choice award in 2015. The body lotion and other products are infused with shea butter and other nutrients such as vitamin E. The True Blue Spa collections includes products with a more therapeutic purpose, including a cracked heel treatment and paraffin hand lotion.

C.O. Bigelow has products for both men and women. Majority of these products also provide a luxury feel. Products include, shave foam and cream, mentha body (body buffer, body wash, body lotion, bar soap and lip care), C.O. Bigelow lemon and C.O. Bigelow Barber.

The Aromatherapy collection has body care items such as body lotions, shower gels, massage oils and body mists. The fragrances included in this collection are used to enhance psychological well-being. This collection has aromatherapy fragrances for stress which include, eucalyptus spearmint, eucalyptus tea and eucalyptus basil. The sleep fragrances include, lavender vanilla and lavender chamomile. Energy fragrances are orange ginger and lemon zest. The sensual fragrances are jasmine vanilla and black currant vanilla.

The Travel Body Care items are 3 ounce bottles of body lotion, shower gel, fine fragrance mists and body creams. True Blue Spa and Aromatherapy collection also have limited products in the Travel Body Care collection.

References

External links

• Bath & Body Works website
• Neil Fiske Article
• Diane Neal Article