In 1976 Anita Roddick, who had been a teacher, was running a bed-and-breakfast with her husband. To support the family, she borrowed £ 10,000 from the bank. Thirty-four-year-old Roddick had no medical education or any chemistry or beautician background whatsoever and felt her way forward relying upon herself alone. She opened her first small shop in a small town on the south coast of England selling handmade beauty products.
1976 年，當過老師，和先生經營過民宿的安妮塔・羅迪克，為了養家活口，向銀行貸款了一萬英鎊，34 歲的她沒有任何醫學、化學或美容相關背景，靠著自行摸索，在英國南部沿海小鎮開起第一家小店，販售手工調製的美容產品。