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Department Stores

Department Stores focuses on the strategies, performance, and transformation of leading UK department store groups. This section examines trading updates, leadership changes, store formats, and digital innovation among major retail players. Retail Sector’s Department Stores coverage provides insight into how these multi-category retailers are adapting to evolving consumer expectations, online competition, and market pressures — offering retail professionals valuable intelligence on business models, partnerships, and growth strategies shaping the sector’s future.

Department Stores

Department Stores focuses on the strategies, performance, and transformation of leading UK department store groups. This section examines trading updates, leadership changes, store formats, and digital innovation among major retail players. Retail Sector’s Department Stores coverage provides insight into how these multi-category retailers are adapting to evolving consumer expectations, online competition, and market pressures — offering retail professionals valuable intelligence on business models, partnerships, and growth strategies shaping the sector’s future.

John Lewis to close Knight & Lee in Southsea; 127 jobs at risk

John Lewis & Partners has announced it will close its Knight & Lee store in Southsea…

Sports Direct saves House of Fraser Intu stores

Four House of Fraser stores in Intu shopping centres have been saved from closure, avoiding…

Moodys lowers Debenhams and New Look ratings

Financial services firm Moodys has changed the outlook for both New Look and Debenhams from…

John Lewis & Partners announce management shake-up

John Lewis & Partners has announced that Dino Rocos, partner and operations director,…

Debenhams chairman ousted by Mike Ashley

The chairman of Debenhams, Sir Ian Cheshire, has resigned with immediate effect after Mike…

John Lewis staff face missing out on bonus for first time since 1953

John Lewis staff could lose their share of the department store giant’s profit for the first…

Debenhams suffers sales struggle over Christmas

Department store chain Debenhams has reported a 3.4% drop in group like-for-like (LFL) sales…

John Lewis ends final week of 2018 with 4.5% sales uplift

Department store chain John Lewis has reported a 4.5% year-on-year uplift in total sales for…

John Lewis bucks retail woes with festive sales increase

John Lewis has bucked retail troubles reporting a total sales increase of 1.8% for the week…