All John Lewis & Partners articles – Page 28
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      NewsWaitrose reports muted trading in six-day week
Despite strong home tech sales, JLP last week could not make up for a sharp drop in grocery due to Easter falling earlier.
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      NewsJohn Lewis celebrates strong Easter trading
John Lewis sales jumped last week due to the cold weather and the earlier fall of Easter this year.
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      OpinionCash-strapped retailers need to focus on self-help
So it’s all doom and gloom on the high street, and unless you have gazillions to spend on cutting-edge tech, you might as well lie down and wait for Amazon to finish you off!
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      AnalysisAnalysis: How to measure the value of stores
As shopping habits change, so too must the function of physical stores, or else they risk becoming surplus to requirements.
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      NewsFenwick poaches John Lewis property director
Department store chain Fenwick has hired Jeremy Collins as its new property director, effective April 2018.
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      NewsWaitrose sales down after snow hits trading
Waitrose sales fell last week due to snow and icy conditions, but the partnership was buoyed by rising sales of electricals at John Lewis.
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      NewsPottery Barn to launch in John Lewis this year
Williams Sonoma will launch its Pottery Barn brand in the UK with John Lewis later this year.
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      NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales inch up driven by home tech
John Lewis sales edged up last week as a boost in electricals and home technology offset flagging performance elsewhere.
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      AnalysisAnalysis: John Lewis will be 'a place to shop, do and learn'
Opened 10 years ago in White City, Westfield London’s most significant development will be unveiled this week – the opening of 740,000 sq ft more trading space.
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      NewsJohn Lewis to launch Madewell brand in UK
John Lewis is to launch US denim brand Madewell in the UK in its new shop at Westfield White City.
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      OpinionOpinion: Next’s plan, not just profits, under scrutiny
Lord Wolfson deviated from the proverbial hymn sheet he’d been singing from for the past 18 months when Next last updated the market in January.
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      NewsJohn Lewis sales buoyed by early Mother’s Day
John Lewis sales blossomed last week, as Mother’s Day gave the retailer’s clothing and gifting categories a lift.
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      OpinionJohn Lewis’ profit challenge applies across retail
John Lewis’ results showed that today in retail you need to run to have the slightest hope of even standing still, never mind advancing.
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      NewsMajor retailers back sustainability and equality drive
A swathe of top retailers including John Lewis, M&S and Sainsbury’s have signed up to an action plan aimed at driving sustainability, development and equality.
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      AnalysisAnalysis: Does the new retail council have teeth?
It was revealed at Retail Week Live that the Government has set up a new council aimed at developing policies to help the retail sector.
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      AnalysisAnalysis: How will John Lewis weather the storm ahead?
John Lewis revealed that its profits plummeted last year with pre-tax profits in freefall and the lowest partnership bonus given since 1954.
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      NewsJohn Lewis profits tank as bonus lowest since 1954
John Lewis Partnership’s full-year profits plummeted as its department store was hit by restructuring costs due to redundancies.
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      AnalysisWarehousing trends: Robots, wage wars and the race for space
Every part of a logistics network needs to work harder than ever before, as the shift to online spending continues.
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      OpinionOpinion: Should retailers open the returns window?
US retailer L.L. Bean faced a backlash when it dropped its lifetime returns guarantee. Should retailers be offering a more generous returns window?
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      NewsJohn Lewis hit by snow as fashion and home sales sink
Sales at John Lewis dropped sharply last week as freezing weather conditions across the UK deterred shoppers.
 

















