All John Lewis & Partners articles – Page 73
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NewsTrust in UK retailers hits four year low but Amazon retains popular vote
Trust in UK retailers has hit a four-year low following the horse meat scandal and the Bangladesh factory disaster.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Ikea, Bonmarché and John Lewis
Retail news round-up October 7, 2013: Ikea’s new UK boss plans to double revenues by 2020, Bonmarché to open in garden centres, John Lewis to provide free two-year electricals guarantee
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales fall 3.7% as autumn sunshine impacts footfall
Department store John Lewis’ sales fell 3.7% to £70m last week as the autumn sunshine impacted footfall.
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OpinionComment: Dunelm's not quite home and dry
While much of the attention today has been on food giants Sainsbury’s and Tesco, there has been an update too from home specialist Dunelm.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales jump as the weather turns colder
John Lewis and Waitrose sales increased in the week to September 21 as the cooler weather shifted autumn stock.
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NewsJohn Lewis redeveloping legacy systems to build omnichannel infrastructure
John Lewis is carrying out a “comprehensive slum redevelopment”, ripping out between 50 and 60 old systems and replacing them with more modern systems that have clear interfaces and can be linked more easily.
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NewsJohn Lewis launches local collection offer
John Lewis has launched Collect+ to allow customers to pick up online orders from local convenience stores and petrol stations.
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NewsAmazon to employ 15,000 Christmas temps
Amazon is to increase the number of seasonal staff it employs this year by 5,000 to 15,000 this Christmas.
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NewsJohn Lewis to hire over 2,000 temps over Christmas
Department store John Lewis is recruiting over 2,000 new temporary staff as sales assistants in the run up to Christmas this year.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales heat up as temperature drops
John Lewis sales jumped 14.1% to £74.8m in its week to September 14, which it finds “very encouraging for the crucial months ahead”.
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NewsOFT accuses John Lewis, Debenhams and House of Fraser of price-fixing bras
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused John Lewis, Debenhams and House of Fraser of colluding with a leading sports bra brand to fix prices.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales jump 9.2% as autumn approaches
John Lewis sales jumped 9.2% to £70.2m in the week to September 7 as customers’ thoughts turned towards autumn.
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NewsJohn Lewis online sales to represent 40% of turnover by 2020
John Lewis expects online sales to account for 40% of overall turnover by 2020, up from the 26.6% at present.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales and profits rise as it grabs market share
John Lewis department stores generated a 5.1% increase in first-half like-for-like sales and profits rose 9.9% as it stole market share from rivals. Profits at grocery stablemate Waitrose surged almost 13%, parent John Lewis Partnership’s interims showed.
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NewsTesco poaches John Lewis head of omnichannel Karen Dracou
Tesco has poached John Lewis’ head of omnichannel development Karen Dracou to bolster its multichannel team.
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NewsApple's new iPhone set to top Christmas wish lists
Apple is to launch its new iPhone 5S today and the smartphone is set to be among retailers’ best sellers this Christmas.
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NewsJohn Lewis puts electricity costs on product labels
John Lewis is to trial a new product-labelling scheme that will give shoppers the lifetime electricity running costs on white goods.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on John Lewis, SuperGroup, Tesco, BodyShop, Asda, House of Fraser and Morrisons
Retail news round-up September 10, 2013: John Lewis trials new product labelling scheme, SuperGroup appoints new head of merchandising and Tesco and Body Shop use Apple’s mobile wallet service.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales growth slows as shoppers bask in sunshine
Sales growth at John Lewis slowed as shoppers opted to spend their bank holiday outside in the sunshine last week.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Waitrose, Phones 4U, House of Fraser and SuperGroup
Retail news round-up September 6, 2013: Phones 4U sells mobile phone insurance business; Waitrose brings back Delia to host online cookery school; House of Fraser trials virtual queuing solution and SuperGroup to expand in the UK.