All John Lewis & Partners articles – Page 116

  • Analysis

    A tale of two nations

    2008-05-01T11:27:00Z

    As the slowdown starts to take its toll, a more complex picture of which areas are suffering most is beginning to emerge. Katie Kilgallen investigates the geographical divide

  • News

    John Lewis sales power ahead

    2008-04-25T09:32:45Z

    John Lewis department stores registered a 7 per cent sales rise for the week, despite the unhelpful cold weather.

  • News

    John Lewis sales ‘defiant’

    2008-04-18T09:08:06Z

    John Lewis has reported a “defiant” week of trading, but remains cautious as it braces itself to come up against tough comparatives from last year.

  • News

    John Lewis ramps up fashion credentials

    2008-04-11T10:03:26Z

    John Lewis has bolstered its fashion business with exclusive partnerships with UK and international fashion brands.

  • News

    John Lewis sales rise but Waitrose struggles

    2008-04-11T09:05:30Z

    John Lewis delivered a solid sales performance in the week to April 5, but stablemate supermarket chain Waitrose’s weekly sales plummeted by more than 10 per cent.

  • Opinion

    Who needs the sun when the rain god shines?

    2008-04-10T10:10:30Z

    It’s definitely tough being a retailer at the moment.

  • News

    John Lewis like-for-likes swell at Easter

    2008-04-04T09:15:16Z

    John Lewis department stores achieved bumper sales lifts this Easter compared with last year.

  • News

    John Lewis springs back

    2008-04-03T16:05:50Z

    John Lewis has launched its first spring ad campaign in two years, featuring its homewares collection.

  • News

    John Lewis sales recover

    2008-03-28T09:06:15Z

    John Lewis bounced back from recent tough trading to record a strong performance in the week before Easter and sister grocery chain Waitrose also fared well.

  • News

    Grand Arcade opens with a last-minute rush of recruits

    2008-03-27T11:35:56Z

    Grosvenor’s Grand Arcade centre in Cambridge opened its doors yesterday, with a string of tenants joining at the last minute including Swedish children’s clothing retailer Polarn O Pyret, Laura Ashley and art retailer Castle Galleries.

  • News

    Wintry Easter weather lifts shopping centre sales

    2008-03-25T10:19:29Z

    The wintry weekend weather enticed shoppers into shopping centres and away from the high streets, garden centres and DIY stores this Easter holiday.

  • News

    John Lewis sales fall

    2008-03-20T08:34:09Z

    John Lewis has recorded another miserable performance as sales for the week to March 15 fell 1.3 per cent to 47.18 million.

  • News

    John Lewis sales fall

    2008-03-14T10:18:39Z

    John Lewis blamed unseasonable weather, Mother’s Day and televised sporting events for a 1.4 per cent fall in sales in the week to March 8.

  • News

    John Lewis sales back in positive territory

    2008-02-29T09:45:04Z

    John Lewis sales crept back into positive territory for the week to February 23, while stablemate supermarket chain Waitrose delivered a powerful set of figures.

  • News

    Poor John Lewis trading fuels City fears as Tesco is attacked

    2008-02-28T11:37:41Z

    John Lewis’s revelation that last week’s trading was the “toughest in recent memory” spooked an already panicky City.

  • News

    John Lewis weekly sales 'toughest in recent memory'

    2008-02-22T09:13:02Z

    Department store John Lewis suffered awful sales for the week ending February 16, as the retail slowdown finally caught up with one of the sector's best-performing chains.

  • Opinion

    Baugur can get past its issues

    2008-02-14T11:03:39Z

    “Is Baugur’s UK retail empire on the verge of meltdown?” So began a story in The Sunday Telegraph last month.

  • News

    John Lewis tests ban on cheques

    2008-02-11T16:43:46Z

    Department store John Lewis has taken a step away from accepting personal cheques with a trial in two of its branches.

  • News

    John Lewis sales slower than expected

    2008-02-08T08:38:41Z

    The John Lewis Partnership had a week of mixed fortunes, with new year sales growth slower than expected at the department store business.

  • News

    John Lewis sales climb 6%

    2008-02-01T09:51:12Z

    Department store chain John Lewis piled pressure on its high street rivals by posting a 6.1 per cent sales uplift for the week to January 26.