John Lewis profit dented by £60m pension charge September 11, 2015 John Lewis warned yesterday that full-year profits could be as much as 21 per cent lower on the back of pension charges and tough competition on the high street and in the grocery market. The partnership, which includes John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, said pre-tax profits in the six months to 1 [...]
Black Friday sales 2015 UK: The best deals and offers from John Lewis, Amazon, Tesco, Currys PC World and Sainsbury on 27 November November 27, 2015 Retailers have been building up to Black Friday for months – now it's finally here and the best bargains have gone on sale. There's plenty of deals to choose from, ranging from electricals and homeware to fashion and sporting goods. Here's our round-up of the best the high street (and online) has to offer today. John [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: Here’s how retailer websites Argos, Amazon, John Lewis, Currys and more are holding up as people hunt for deals November 26, 2015 Customers hunting for Black Friday deals are being held back by the slowness of retailers' websites, with Argos customers waiting nearly 10 seconds to bag a bargain in some instances. The Argos website had temporary service issues for 15 minutes on the Friday before the biggest shopping day of the year, according to website analyst firm Capacitas. [...]
Black Friday 2015 is about more than just John Lewis, Tesco, and Amazon: Small businesses getting in on the shopping frenzy through eBay November 25, 2015 Brace yourselves: there are now less than 48 hours to go until the year’s biggest shopping frenzy hits, with UK shoppers predicted to part with a record-smashing £1bn this Black Friday. Retail giants like John Lewis, Asda, Tesco and Amazon may be reaping the biggest rewards from the massive Black Friday sales spike – but [...]
Getting ready to decorate this year? Well it’s time to get serious about your bauble game November 23, 2016 If you enjoy idly browsing the shelves of high street stores, you have American entrepreneur Frank Woolworth to thank. The 19th century dime-store magnate pioneered the practice of self-service shopping, whereby customers can handle goods without the assistance of a clerk. Woolworth also enforced the idea of fixed pricing, rather than haggling, as the common [...]
With Argos and John Lewis both releasing their Christmas TV adverts today, will tugging at the heart strings still pull customers back? November 6, 2015 Today marks the official start of Christmas as John Lewis releases its hotly anticipated advert. It’s become a modern tradition, up there now with carols and mince pies. This year’s campaign follows the well-trodden path of pulling at your heart strings in the hope of loosening your purse strings. But has John Lewis gone a [...]
John Lewis and BlackRock to convert Beechwood shopping centre into £30m Cheltenham store October 9, 2015 Cheltenham's Beechwood shopping centre is being converted into a new £30m John Lewis department store, the retailer confirmed today. John Lewis, BlackRock and Cheltenham Borough Council are combining forces (and resources) to transform the centre – which is currently home to rival department store Debenhams and high street staple Next – over the next two [...]
John Lewis’ Monty the Penguin beats Sainsbury’s, Harvey Nichols, Lidl to be crowned most compelling Christmas 2014 advert October 29, 2015 By now you will have met John Lewis' Monty, unwrapped Lidl's little present and cried over Sainsbury's wartime sharing. But which of these adverts is most likely to make you spend money? Despite the debate around whether Sainsbury's might have stolen John Lewis' crown for creating festive ads guaranteed to get you blubbing, it [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: John Lewis and Sainsbury’s leaders meet with Treasury ministers over £8bn business rates burden November 10, 2015 The leaders of two of Britain’s biggest retailers have held talks with the government to demand for urgent reforms to the burdensome business rates regime ahead of the chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Sir Charlie Mayfield, the chairman of John Lewis Partnership, Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe, and Helen Dickinson, the director general of the British Retail Consortium [...]
House of Fraser poaches John Lewis’ chief technology officer Julian Burnett September 21, 2015 House of Fraser has poached John Lewis' technology boss as its new chief information officer. Julian Burnett will join the business from its rival department store, where he had been chief technology officer for the past three years, on 5 October, taking on the reins from interim Peter Marsden. He will join the executive [...]