All John Lewis & Partners articles – Page 81
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NewsJohn Lewis to cut 325 department managers in the face of online shift
Department store group John Lewis is to axe 325 jobs in store as the retailer looks to cut costs and rebalance the business to support its rapid online growth.
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NewsJohn Lewis has 'great start' to financial year as sales soar 20.6%
Department store John Lewis “great start” to its new financial year as sales soared 20.6% last week as the Six Nations rugby boosted sales at sister retailer Waitrose.
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NewsJohn Lewis finishes "impressive year" on a high as sales soar
John Lewis sales jumped 9.8% to £59m last week, despite the snow, which “completed an impressive year”, managing director of the department store Andy Street said.
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AnalysisProfile: John Lewis' new online director Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis, chief executive of parcel delivery service Collect+, snared one of the most sought after roles in ecommerce last week when he was unveiled as John Lewis’ new online director.
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OpinionBlog: It's an etail world, but don't over promise
By now we all know that most retailers should be embracing online. It was by far the stand out performer over Christmas, according to the British Retail Consortium, and is the area where much of a retailer’s investment is going at the moment.
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OpinionComment: Is The Co-operative Food preparing for battle?
Retail analysts seem to spend most of their lives talking about Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Asda when it comes to the nation’s supermarkets but much less attention is given to The Co-operative Food. However, that may all be about to change.
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NewsJohn Lewis has "cracking finale" to Sale as revenue jumps 19%
John Lewis reported a “cracking finale” to its Clearance Sale as sales jumped 19% to £75.8m in its week to January 12, with revenue almost doubling against two years ago.
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OpinionComment: Reports of retail's death are much exaggerated
Anybody reading today’s retail updates and coverage might think they’re in a different retail world to the one that existed yesterday.
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OpinionComment: from Andy Street to Jim McCarthy – my 2012 retail honours list
In a volatile economic climate it’s more difficult for retailers to shine. Following Jessops’ collapse, I wanted to hail successful organisations and the individuals who lead them.
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NewsShoppers flock to Amazon site despite tax scandal
Shoppers ignored Amazon’s corporate tax wrangle and visited its website in their droves in the run-up to Christmas as UK traffic surged 49% year-on-year in December.
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NewsSurge in use of multichannel services at Christmas
Christmas demand soars for retail’s multichannel services such as click-and-collect and speedy delivery as consumers increasingly take advantage of the different ways to shop.
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OpinionComment: Christmas trends point to retail’s ‘new normal’
Christmas was neither cause for celebration, nor the disaster some had feared.
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NewsHealthy start to Boxing Day and January Sales for big-ticket retailers
Home and furniture groups report steady performance of Sales despite the impact of fewer shopping days because of the way the bank holidays fell during the Christmas period.
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NewsJohn Lewis hires Portas' business partner Peter Cross
John Lewis has hired Mary Portas’ business partner Peter Cross as its new director of communications.
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OpinionComment: Growth of online shopping is not the death-knell for shops
Boxing Day apparently set a new British record for the number of shoppers who went online.
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InterviewQ&A: 'We'll end 2013 mid to high single digits up', says John Lewis boss Andy Street
John Lewis managing director Andy Street talks to Retail Week about the snowman ad, tax evasion and prospects for 2013.
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NewsJohn Lewis feels festive cheer as Christmas like-for-likes soar 13%
Department store John Lewis has emerged as one of the big winners of the festive period with like-for-likes soaring 13% in the five weeks to December 29.
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NewsAmazon's popularity hit after tax avoidance accusations
Etail giant Amazon’s popularity has fallen after being accused of avoiding paying millions of pounds in tax.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports record weekly sales pre-Christmas
Department store business John Lewis has reported record weekly revenue in the run-up to Christmas and a similar start to its Sale.
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NewsJohn Lewis posts sales up 11.1%
John Lewis posted a second record sales performance in a row for the week to December 15, recording sales up 11.1% to £ 147.8m, as it forecasts “great things” for the last week before Christmas.