Exclusive: John Lewis and Waitrose poised to make 1,000 roles redundant

John Lewis store sign

Department store group John Lewis and sister business Waitrose have proposed 1,000 redundancies in stores, Retail Week can reveal.

Parent John Lewis Partnership informed partners of the plan on Wednesday morning, and said that the changes would make the business more competitive and enable it to better serve shoppers.

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