All John Lewis Partnership articles – Page 14
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News
John Lewis posts Black Friday sales jump
John Lewis & Partners has posted a rise in sales during its Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotional events.
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Data
Data: M&S Simply Food tops list of UK’s favourite retailers
M&S Simply Food has wrestled back its crown as the UK’s favourite retailer, according to exclusive data from consultancy OC&C.
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Analysis
Cracker or turkey? The verdict on retail’s Christmas ads
From Edgar the Excitable Dragon to Kevin the Carrot’s musical extravaganza, two advertising agency bosses give their verdicts on who has won retail’s Christmas ad battle.
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Gallery
First look: Inside John Lewis’ ‘experience playground’
Department store group John Lewis & Partners and grocery stablemate Waitrose & Partners have opened the doors to a new-model store designed to engage consumers more than ever by putting experience and services centre stage.
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Video
Rita Clifton: Why JLP and M&S hit the mark in festive ad battle
As John Lewis unveils its highly anticipated Christmas campaign, Brandcap co-founder and Asos non-executive director Rita Clifton joins Retail Week’s Grace Bowden to discuss the retailers that have pulled a Christmas cracker with their festive adverts.
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Video
Watch: John Lewis and Waitrose unveil first joint Christmas ad
John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners have created a joint Christmas advert for the first time as the two retailers prepare to operate as a single business.
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Data
Data: Waitrose customers craved ‘simpler existence’ and seaweed in 2019
Waitrose & Partners’ latest Food and Drink Report highlights that in 2019 customers wanted to move towards a “simpler existence” as the world became more complicated, but also dabbled with exotic food and drinks.
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News
JLP extends click-and-collect network to third parties
John Lewis Partnership has expanded its click-and-collect distribution network to third party retailers, starting with a trial collaboration with Boden.
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Data
Data: John Lewis’ look at how we shopped in 2019
John Lewis’ latest retail report has delved into the trends that have driven sales in 2019 and those that fell by the wayside.
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Opinion
Opinion: ‘Why’ is more important than ‘what’ for successful retailers
I have two daughters. Last weekend, I found myself fielding the following questions (among others): “Dad, why don’t people share their homes with homeless people?”; “Why did the First World War start?”; “Why do I need to do maths when I have a calculator on my phone?”; “Why do I need to lay the table, why can’t Evie?” And the classic: “Dad, why are you so embarrassing?”
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Analysis
Analysis: John Lewis’ restructure – bold or baffling?
When John Lewis Partnership chair Sir Charlie Mayfield unveiled a restructure of the bellwether retailer, so radical was the overhaul that jaws dropped across the industry.
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News
Customers ‘more mindful than ever’ of plastic, says John Lewis
UK consumers in 2019 waged war on plastic waste, focused more on convenience than ever before and followed the fashion trends they saw on television, according to John Lewis.
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News
World Mental Health Day: Retailers launch staff support scheme
Seven leading retailers have joined together in a bid to improve the mental wellbeing of retail staff, with the help of Samaritans.
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News
John Lewis sales rocket during home promotional event
John Lewis & Partners’ weekly sales surged due to its home promotional event and the John Lewis Beauty Weekend across 35 stores.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: Radical changes at the top of JLP
In any other week, the news that the boss of Britain’s largest retailer is to leave his post would headline any people news bulletin. But in a remarkable few days that also saw Argos’ John Rogers join Dave Lewis in announcing his (more imminent) departure, the restructure announced by John Lewis Partnership has to take top billing.
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News
Waitrose boss Collins: New JLP structure was a head versus heart decision
Waitrose managing director Rob Collins said his head beat his heart as he emphatically backed the new management structure at John Lewis Partnership, which will result in his departure.
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Opinion
Leader: Mayfield’s John Lewis Partnership gamble brings massive risk
For good or ill, today was a landmark moment in the 155-year history of the John Lewis Partnership.
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News
Waitrose boss exits as John Lewis Partnership unveils radical restructure
John Lewis Partnership has unveiled radical changes, including running its department store and grocery arms as one business, which will no longer have separate managing directors.
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News
John Lewis blames warm weather for weekly sales slump
John Lewis & Partners has blamed the “unseasonably” warmer weather for its tumbling weekly sales.
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News
John Lewis and Waitrose jobs at risk following restructuring plan
John Lewis Partnership’s chairman is planning to trim the fat following a restructuring process that will see Waitrose and John Lewis run closer together.