John Lewis Partnership
This coverage delves into the John Lewis Partnership’s operations and strategy, encompassing both John Lewis and Waitrose brands. Reporting includes financial results, store openings and closures, leadership developments, employee ownership initiatives, and marketing campaigns. With a focus on the partnership’s evolving role in the UK retail sector, the insights support managers and executives tracking trends in department store and grocery retailing.
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Feb- 2019 -19 FebruaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis shortlists six start-ups for its innovation programme
The John Lewis Partnership has shortlisted six retail start-ups to its innovation programme JLAB, who could “transform how we shop in the future”. Over 160 new start-ups and more established businesses entered John Lewis’ ‘experiential retail challenge’ with the chance of being selected to develop their ideas with the company.…
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Jan- 2019 -22 JanuaryAdvice
Four key trends that will shape retail over the next 12 months
“Retailers need to be ready for an onslaught of industry change. They need to look at store standards and up their game… in order to compete” former Landmark Wholesale MD, Martin William forewarned in 2018. Industry change is certainly happening, but it’s by no means all bad news. New ‘experimental’…
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18 JanuaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis & Partners announce management shake-up
John Lewis & Partners has announced that Dino Rocos, partner and operations director, will retire at the end of May 2019 after 43 years with the business, According to the group, from the end of January until he retires Rocos will report directly to Patrick Lewis, group finance director for…
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10 JanuaryDepartment Stores
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 time since 1953. Traditionally, John Lewis pays a share of its profit to its 83,000 workers, however this has been brought into doubt after the retailer said it would “consider carefully” whether the bonus…
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Nov- 2018 -13 NovemberClothing & Shoes
John Lewis, M&S and Next sign anti-slavery agreement
Retailers John Lewis, M&S, New Look, Next, River Island and Shop Direct have signed a joint agreement to combat labour exploitation in UK textiles manufacturing. The Apparel and General Merchandise Public and Private Protocol commits signatories to work together to eradicate slavery and exploitation in textile supply chains. The retailers…
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7 NovemberPeople Moves
John Lewis Partnership chairman to step down in 2020
The John Lewis Partnership has announced its chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield is to step down from his role in 2020. The parent company of John Lewis and Waitrose, the John Lewis Partnership is now the largest employee-owned business in the UK with 83,000 employees who are all partners in the…
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Oct- 2018 -17 OctoberDepartment Stores
‘Mixed weather’ leads to John Lewis and Partnership sales slip
John Lewis and Waitrose have both reported a sales decrease for its 11th week of trading, dragged down by a week of mixed weather and poor homeware performance. Compared with last year’s sales during the same period sales decreased by 1.6% to £210m, compared with £214m last year. For Waitrose…
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Sep- 2018 -13 SeptemberHigh Street
John Lewis hit by 99% drop in H1 profits
The John Lewis Partnership has reported a 99% slump in its underlying profits to £1.2m in the first six months of the year, which the company described as “challenging times”. The significant drop in profits comes despite a 1.6% uptick in revenue to £5.4bn attributed to the increased online grocery…
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4 SeptemberDepartment Stores
John Lewis and Waitrose add ‘& Partners’ to business name in branding shakeup
John Lewis and Waitrose have added ‘& Partners’ to the group’s business names, formally recognising the 83,000 partners who work for the John Lewis Partnership for the first time in the company’s history. According to the groups the change has been designed to highlight its partnership business model and culture…
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Aug- 2018 -2 AugustAdvice
The end of the High Street as we know it? Part II
Like many other Retail Sector readers, I found Kareena Uttamchandani’s post this week about the end of high street fascinating reading. She highlights a couple of reasons why traditional retail is struggling, principally the rise of online shopping, but also the fact that we live in the age of the…
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