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if companies are in business solely to make money, no consumer can fully trust what they do or say.

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Anita Roddick
Age: 64 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2007
Died: September 10
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Feminist
Organizational Founder
Littlehampton
West Sussex
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick
Dame Anita Roddick
Anita Lucia Roddick
Anita Lucia Perella
Company
Business
Solely
Money
Consumer
Make
Consumers
Companies
Profit
Fully
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