All Waitrose & Partners articles – Page 13
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OpinionOpinion: Forget dividends and rates – grocers are heroes, not villains
How quickly judgements can be questioned in the court of public opinion.
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NewsVideo: John Lewis chair Sharon White pays tribute to coronavirus response
John Lewis Partnership chair Dame Sharon White has recorded a video paying tribute to Waitrose and John Lewis staff’s efforts to fight coronavirus and help those affected by the outbreak.
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NewsWaitrose rows back on coronavirus pay policy
Waitrose has rowed back on a policy that suggested workers who were self-isolating because of their family would have to make up the hours they owed at a later date.
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OpinionOpinion: Resilience, bravery and kindness will define retailers during this crisis
There has been a lot of interesting analysis of Covid-19 and thoughts on what life post-pandemic will look like for the retail sector.
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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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AnalysisData: Supply chain challenges start to ease as grocers step up to feed the nation
The enormous efforts made by grocers and their supply chain partners over the past week are helping to bring stock levels under control. Over the last two to three days in particular, the situation has shown signs of easing, according to the latest availability figures from Edge by Ascential.
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NewsCoronavirus: Asda and Marks & Spencer introduce more in-store safety measures
Asda and Marks & Spencer have both implemented further in-store initiatives designed to keep staff and shoppers as safe as possible during the coronavirus outbreak.
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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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AnalysisCoronavirus: As consumers stockpile, can grocery supply chains meet demand?
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK rises daily and consumers begin to stockpile products, Retail Week looks at whether retail supply chains are robust enough to cope with increased demand.
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NewsJohn Lewis launches first spring TV advertising campaign
John Lewis has launched its first-ever TV advertising campaign outside of Christmas and clearance, in a bid to push sales of its spring and summer collections.
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NewsSupermarkets ration products to quell coronavirus stockpiling
Tesco, Asda and Waitrose have all started rationing sales of certain items, such as toilet paper and antibacterial hand gel, in store or online.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where next for John Lewis under new boss White?
New John Lewis chair Sharon White has announced that the partnership would undertake a strategic review to arrest sliding profits. Effects of the review could take three to five years to kick in, but can John Lewis afford to wait?
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AnalysisData: John Lewis results and what they mean for strategy
John Lewis Partnership is embarking on a strategic review under new chair Dame Sharon White after reporting “weaker profit than hoped for”. What does that mean for the department stores business and what can be expected over the next few years?
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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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AnalysisData: Grocery growth accelerates as shoppers stock up amid coronavirus fears
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show grocery spend in the 12 weeks to February 23 was up 0.7% year on year as consumers stocked up on essentials amid fears over coronavirus.
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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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NewsWaitrose expands online delivery network in preparation for Ocado split
Waitrose has expanded online delivery fulfilment to more stores in its estate around the country as it prepares for the end of its partnership with Ocado in September.
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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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NewsWaitrose launches product overhaul in fightback against Ocado and M&S
Waitrose will launch thousands of new and revamped products as it bids to keep its online shoppers out of the clutches and Ocado and Marks & Spencer.
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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.