It looks like The Body Shop is keeping its Niagara stores open following news that it will be closing a number of locations across Canada.
The Body Shop Canada Limited says it will close 33 of its stores and halt its e-commerce operations as the company seeks to restructure itself under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
The Canadian subsidiary of the international cosmetics retailer says that it will immediately begin liquidating almost a third of its 105 stores.
It did not say how many workers would lose their jobs as a result of the store closures.
The St. Catharines' Pen Centre location, and the store at the Outlet Collection Mall in Niagara-on-the-Lake, are not on the list of stores to be closed.
The company says the moves are aimed at delivering ``breathing room'' while it evaluates its strategic alternatives.
They come after the company's parent, The Body Shop International Limited, filed for administration in the U.K. and announced plans to close dozens of stores there last month.
(With files from the Canadian Press)