New John Lewis boss Peter Ruis on first steps to restoring retailer’s mojo

Peter Ruis

The group, which owns grocer Waitrose as well as the eponymous John Lewis department store business, turned a loss of £78m in 2022/23 into pre-tax profit before exceptionals of £42m in the year just ended.

The £120m move in the right direction should go some way to restore morale at a business that has been battered in recent years.

 

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