All John Lewis Partnership articles – Page 17
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership sales continue to fall
John Lewis Partnership’s total weekly sales continued to decline as customers avoided the shops to enjoy the last of the warm weather.
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VideoTech. Cast: John Lewis director Ed Connolly on creating an innovative culture
John Lewis Partnership strategy director Ed Connolly talks to the Tech. Cast on how to foster a culture of innovation in your business, ahead of Tech. 2019 on October 2 and 3.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership sales fall despite product launches
John Lewis Partnership’s weekly sales figures were affected by the ongoing “gloomy weather” despite a host of new products being launched across the group.
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NewsWaitrose sales fall amid changeable weather
Waitrose’s total weekly sales fell across the board last week as changeable weather altered people’s shopping behaviour.
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NewsRetailers make ‘significant progress’ to cut carbon emissions
Several leading retailers have reduced their impact on the environment as part of the BRC’s ‘Better Retail Better World’ initiative.
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NewsJohn Lewis seeks blueprint to reconcile robots and humans
Department stores and grocery group John Lewis Partnership aims to find a formula for how robots and people should best interact as machines become ever more prominent participants in everyday life.
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AnalysisRetail 100 2019: Who are the ones to watch?
Retail Week recently unveiled its ranking of the most influential leaders of 2019 and shared the 16 new names it predicts will have the biggest impact in 2020.
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NewsJohn Lewis’ own-brand fashion label boosts sales
John Lewis Partnership posted an increase in its weekly sales figures bolstered by sales of its own-brand products and continued clearance offers.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales jump driven by fashion clearance
John Lewis’ sales jumped last week off the back of strong results across its fashion range, but Waitrose struggled across its categories.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is a Halloween Brexit retail’s worst nightmare?
As the two remaining candidates for the Conservative Party leadership both pledge to leave the EU on October 31 come what may, retailers are growing increasingly anxious about the Halloween deadline.
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OpinionOpinion: JLP must beware death by a thousand cuts
John Lewis partners have been dealt a blow by the news that some of them will lose their partnership status – and thousands of pounds each year.
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NewsWeekly sales rise at John Lewis department stores
Sales at John Lewis department stores rose 3.8% last week, when fashion performed best.
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OpinionLeader: Tumultuous times demand unconventional thinking
The surprise appointment of Ofcom boss Sharon White to succeed Sir Charlie Mayfield as chair of the John Lewis Partnership was unforeseen, but not unwelcome.
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NewsJohn Lewis merges home improvement businesses
John Lewis & Partners is to merge its home improvement businesses Home Solutions and Opun as part of a push to “create a truly differentiated home improvement offer”.
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AnalysisJohn Lewis 'tears up rule book' with new chair White
Even in an industry where surprise hires have, strangely, become less surprising, Sharon White’s appointment as chair of the John Lewis Partnership, succeeding Sir Charlie Mayfield, is a leftfield choice.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership names Ofcom boss White as chair
The John Lewis Partnership has appointed Ofcom boss Sharon White as its new chair.
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NewsJohn Lewis to partner with Co-op on click-and-collect trial
John Lewis has announced it is partnering with the Co-op to launch a click-and-collect trial in six of its food stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Julian Richer’s gift shows retail at its best
Retail entrepreneur Julian Richer showed the retail industry in the best light when he passed control of his business to staff last week.
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VideoWatch: John Lewis vs Richer Sounds - who's the best employer?
As Richer Sounds owner Julian Richer gives control of his business to staff, John Lewis Partnership has scrapped its final salary pension. We ask what it means to be a good retail employer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is DNA sharing the ultimate in retail personalisation?
Consumers are increasingly comfortable with sharing personal information, but would they share DNA? And what could retailers do with it? George MacDonald reports