All John Lewis Partnership articles – Page 79
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John Lewis sales slide
John Lewis continues to be hit by difficult trading conditions, with sales at its department stores down 4.7 per cent in the week to May 31.
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John Lewis to reveal ad push as sales drop
John Lewis will launch an ad campaign next week setting itself apart from its high street rivals.
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Opinion
Don’t sacrifice staff if you want to stay on top
It’s a challenging time for the retail industry.
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Opinion
Under starter's orders
Being a retailer on the hunt for new stores at the moment must be a case of seeing who blinks first.
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John Lewis sales fall again
John Lewis Partnership has suffered another drop in sales at its department stores.
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Opinion
A discounter’s market
Shoppers, of course, have been watching the pennies this year. Yet, with the trend leaning towards staying in rather than going out to restaurants, the grocers have still achieved growth in sales of quality food.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 23, 2008
Marks & Spencer’s decision to stock well-known brands such as Heinz Tomato Ketchup was good for a headline, but will it make much difference to the retailer’s food business?
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John Lewis sales slide
John Lewis has suffered a fall in sales after a taxing week when home sales dwindled.
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John Lewis sales plummet
Sales at John Lewis fell during the spring sunshine, while sales at Waitrose soared.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 16, 2008
The arrival of sunshine over the past couple of weeks was greeted by some as the panacea for all of retail’s woes.
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Waitrose drops 'Quality Food' strapline
Waitrose is to kick off its latest advertising this week with a campaign that brings an end to its seven-year-old slogan: “Quality Food, Honestly Priced”.
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John Lewis and Waitrose sales growth steady
Department store group John Lewis and stablemate grocer Waitrose posted solid sales for the week to May 3.
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Ocado opens door to float with five-year Waitrose deal
Ocado has agreed in principle a landmark five-year deal with Waitrose, paving the way for a potential flotation of the e-tailer.
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Waitrose to target market towns with smaller format
Waitrose is to launch a market-town format next week as it considers setting up a convenience store chain.
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Opinion
The best of both worlds
It seems we can never get enough small food shops and the news that Waitrose has joined the scramble for smaller format stores is a case in point.
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Waitrose to open smaller format stores
Waitrose is to launch a major assault on the convenience market and could open at least 100 smaller format stores.
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John Lewis sales robust, as Waitrose shines
Department store chain John Lewis posted a solid set of figures for the week to April 26 and stablemate supermarket chain Waitrose delivered a strong performance.
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Waitrose chief says food prices will fall
Waitrose managing director Mark Price believes that the rise in food prices will be halted by the autumn.
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Analysis
A tale of two nations
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
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John Lewis sales power ahead
John Lewis department stores registered a 7 per cent sales rise for the week, despite the unhelpful cold weather.