All John Lewis Partnership articles – Page 15
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OpinionOpinion: Retail must act now to help its people through this crisis
Retail always has been and always will be a people industry. People are the heart and soul of this sector and help make it such a vibrant and dynamic trade for us, as journalists, to have the pleasure of covering.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership and TK Maxx owner TJX back CaRe20 campaign
John Lewis Partnership and TK Maxx parent company TJX Europe have pledged their support to the CaRe20 fundraising campaign.
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NewsCoronavirus: John Lewis Partnership launches £1m community support fund
John Lewis Partnership has launched a £1m community support fund to be distributed across the country “at this time of national crisis”.
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AnalysisData: The UK’s 15 most improved retailers for gender pay equality
Retail Week ranks the top-performing and most improved UK retailers for gender pay equality.
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OpinionOpinion: John Lewis results show stores urgently need new purpose
There was a striking line in the John Lewis Partnership’s results that threw into relief a question that taxes many retailers, not just the group’s new chair Dame Sharon White – what role does the store play as online continues to transform the industry?
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OpinionMove of the Week: JLP's Ed Connolly faces new challenge at Dixons Carphone
When Ed Connolly joins Dixons Carphone from John Lewis Partnership in May he will trade one retail transformation project for another.
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Future LeadersAnalysis: Seven women that are shaping the future of retail
To celebrate International Women’s Day this Sunday, we take a look at the women who are changing the retail sector.
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NewsJohn Lewis pays lowest bonus since 1953 as profits slump
John Lewis Partnership will pay staff its lowest bonus for more than 60 years after suffering a drop in full-year profits and a write-down in the value of its property.
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NewsDixons Carphone hires ex-John Lewis exec Connolly as commercial chief
Dixons Carphone has named former John Lewis Partnership executive Ed Connolly as its new chief commercial officer.
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NewsNew John Lewis boss White to launch strategic review
The new chair of the John Lewis Partnership, Dame Sharon White, plans to initiate a strategic review of the department stores and grocery giant.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Chief strategy officer? Isn’t that the CEO’s job?
Strategy directors are de rigueur, with Asos, JLP and M&S all making big hires. But are they “a fashion accessory”, as one chief executive claims, or a necessary exec role in today’s fast-changing climate?
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OpinionOpinion: Home truths from new John Lewis chair show scale of challenge
Dame Sharon White acquitted herself well at her first appearance before the John Lewis Partnership’s council last week.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Bhatia is the kind of disruptive thinker JLP needs
John Lewis Partnership’s latest executive hire will be a new name to many. Nina Bhatia will join on February 17 as executive director, strategy and commercial development, following a career spent largely in consultancy and the energy sector.
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NewsNew John Lewis chair braces staff for store closures and job losses
John Lewis Partnership’s new chair Dame Sharon White has warned staff the retailer may need to reduce its store estate and cut jobs in a bid to improve profitability.
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OpinionOpinion: Can strategy hires drive transformation at M&S and John Lewis?
In the course of two days, two of retail’s biggest and most challenged names appointed strategy directors as they seek to transform themselves and tap into tomorrow’s world.
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NewsJohn Lewis bolsters top team with exec appointment
John Lewis Partnership has appointed an executive director of strategy and commercial development to its top team.
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NewsJohn Lewis loses another member of top team
John Lewis & Partners customer director Craig Inglis is stepping down in March after 12 years at the business.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales fall exacerbated by poor homewares demand
John Lewis has reported a decline in its weekly sales as demand for Clearance items tailed off and home sales dropped.
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AnalysisFrom shunning toys to value-led shopping – the trends that defined Christmas
It has been a festive trading period dubbed by the BRC as “the worst on record”. With this week bringing the departure of a retail boss from one business and a profit warning at another, it does have the markings of a bleak Christmas.
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AnalysisJohn Lewis: As Nickolds exits, is Sharon White entering a disaster zone?
When new chair Dame Sharon White walks through the doors of John Lewis Partnership’s headquarters for the first time next month, she will not be welcomed by all the members of the executive team she expected.
