Interesting facts about Bath and Body Works

The history of Bath & Body Works goes back to 1990 when it was founded in New Albany, Ohio. Bath & Body Works is owned by Limited Brands which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LB.

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L Brands currently operates the following retail brands:

• Victoria's Secret
• Bath & Body Works
• Pink
• Henri Bendel
• La Senza

Although not part of L Brands, they also have distribution rights (exclusive or non-exclusive) for the following brands:

• C. O. Bigelow
• The White Barn Candle Company

Previous brands that were spun off include:

• Lane Bryant – sold in 2002 to Charming Shoppes
• Abercrombie & Fitch – acquired by The Limited in 1988 and went public as NYSE: ANF in 1996
• Lerner New York – sold and became New York and Company
• The Limited Too – Tween Brands, Inc., spun off in 1999
• Galyan's – Majority interest sold in 1999, remaining shares sold in 2004, merged with Dick's Sporting Goods
• Structure – converted to Express Men, brand name later sold to Sears
• Aura Science – merged with Victoria's Secret Beauty
• Express – on May 15, 2007, Limited Brands sold a 75% stake in Express to Golden Gate Capital Partners^[8]
• The Limited – on August 3, 2007, Limited Brands transferred 75% ownership of its flagship Limited chain to buyout firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. In 2010, the remaining shares were sold to Sun Capital Partners.

 source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Brands & www.lb.com/

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Bath and Body Works is the home of the "100% Love it or return it" garuntee. If you try it and don't love it, you can bring it back to any store for any reason, any time. I have never had to use a reciept myself, but I have heard some stores require it if the product has been used.

Bath and Body Works prohibits animal testing of their products.

Stores are corporately owned. At this time, franchise opportunites are unavailable.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- L Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LB) reported net sales of $2.207 billion for the five weeks ended Jan. 3, 2015, an increase of 5 percent, compared to net sales of $2.098 billion for the five weeks ended Jan. 4, 2014.  Comparable store sales increased 4 percent for the five weeks ended Jan. 3, 2015.
The company reported net sales of $10.671 billion for the 48 weeks ended Jan. 3, 2015, an increase of 6 percent compared to net sales of $10.042 billion for the 48 weeks ended Jan. 4, 2014.  Comparable store sales increased 4 percent for the 48 weeks ended Jan. 3, 2015.
To hear further commentary provided on L Brands' prerecorded December sales message, call 1-866-639-7583 or log onto www.LB.com for an audio replay.

ABOUT L BRANDS:L Brands, through Victoria's Secret, PINK, Bath & Body Works, La Senza and Henri Bendel, is an international company.  The company operates 2,975 company-owned specialty stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and its brands are sold in more than 600 additional franchised locations worldwide.  The company's products are also available online at www.VictoriasSecret.com, www.BathandBodyWorks.com, www.HenriBendel.com and www.LaSenza.com.


source: www.lb.com