All John Lewis Partnership articles – Page 55
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OpinionComment: Private companies prosper at Oracle Retail Week Awards
Entries for two thirds of last week’s 18 Oracle Retail Week Awards came from the contenders themselves.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales increase 14% in the run-up to Mother's Day
John Lewis records “another huge week” as sales at its department stores climbed 14% last week in the run-up to Mother’s Day
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AnalysisOracle Retail Week Awards: How John Lewis led the way and outperformed its rivals
John Lewis won both Oracle Retailer of the Year and Brandbank Multichannel Retailer of the Year. Managing director Andy Street talks about its success.
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AnalysisAnalysis: There’s more than one way to keep the tills ringing
Tesco turned up the pressure on price again this week with its Price Promise scheme. But price isn’t everything.
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NewsJohn Lewis demands rebate from suppliers
John Lewis has been accused of “abusing” its suppliers for demanding a rebate from them despite sales of their products rising.
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OpinionBlog: John Lewis Partnership results day gains added spice
The buzz of John Lewis Partnership’s results day is one of the most iconic days in the retail calendar and its usual vibrancy had added spice yesterday.
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NewsJohn Lewis delivers "extremely strong" performance with sales up 13.3%
John Lewis’ sales advanced 13.3% to £64.3m last week, as it generated double-digit sales increases across 16 stores and online.
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NewsVideo: Waitrose boss Mark Price on price matching and online growth
Waitrose has reported a 3.4% increase in like-for-like sales after a strong year in which it poached one million new shoppers from its rivals.
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NewsCharlie Mayfield calls on Government to 'moderate' rates rise
John Lewis Partnership chairman Charlie Mayfield called on Government to analyse the impact of the proposed rise in business rates ahead of the Budget later this month.
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NewsVideo: John Lewis Partnership reports 17% bonus as profits soar 15.8%
John Lewis Partnership staff will receive bonuses worth 17% of salary after the group reported a 15.8% surge in full year pre-tax profits.
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OpinionComment: Debenhams' problems amount to more than just snow
With its surprise update this morning, on January like-for-likes falling around 10%, Debenhams won the unwanted distinction of being the first retailer of the year to complain about the snow.
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NewsJohn Lewis staff in consultation as it relocates distribution centre
John Lewis is to relocate a key distribution centre from west London to Milton Keynes putting 560 staff under consultation.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: The John Lewis question is sanity versus vanity
The old adage is that “sales are vanity, profits are sanity”, so has the mighty JLP managed to translate its impressive top-line growth to the bottom-line?
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NewsRetail chairmen cautiously optimistic for 2013
The chairmen of some of the UK’s largest retailers are cautiously optimistic about their companies’ growth prospects despite accepting a low growth economy as the “new normal”.
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NewsJohn Lewis inks deal with Collect+ to enable easier customer returns
John Lewis’ online customers will be able to return fashion purchases through convenience stores after the retailer signed up to parcel service Collect+.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales up 22% as it benefits from weak comparatives
Department store group John Lewis delivered sales up 22% to £63.7m last week as it revealed positive like-for-likes for every shop year on year.
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NewsJohn Lewis to cut 325 department managers in the face of online shift
Department store group John Lewis is to axe 325 jobs in store as the retailer looks to cut costs and rebalance the business to support its rapid online growth.
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NewsJohn Lewis has 'great start' to financial year as sales soar 20.6%
Department store John Lewis “great start” to its new financial year as sales soared 20.6% last week as the Six Nations rugby boosted sales at sister retailer Waitrose.
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OpinionComment: Department store John Lewis continues to set the pace in retail
While the latest BRC figures continue to point to a volatile and frustratingly slow recovery - like-for-like retail sales increased 1.9% year on year in January.
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AnalysisSites: John Lewis Vs Boots
Trenton Moss, Chief executive of Webcredible, shares his view of good and bad sites.