London, 2016-Jul-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has announced its ambition to grow its own brand Home business to £1bn of annual revenue by 2020. In addition to this, the retailer plans to continue to expand its exclusive relationships with external brands.
The department store, famous for its home collections, plans to build on its success…
LONDON, 2016-Jun-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — The John Lewis Partnership has today relaunched the John Lewis and Waitrose Business Account Card to offer customers an enhanced and more convenient service as part of a renewed focus on its B2B operations. This follows the relaunch of John Lewis for Business, the retailer's B2B arm, last year…
LONDON,, 2016-Jun-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Arnotts, Ireland's largest department store, has concluded an exclusive agreement to introduce John Lewis own brand Home products to its store this Autumn.
This will be the first time that John Lewis own brand Home products will be available in Ireland, launching in store on Thursday 6 October 2016.
The agreement…
New 1,000 square foot space is largest fixed retail offering dedicated to smart home technology in the UK
18 times more people are searching for smart home products on www.johnlewis.com, compared to the same time the previous year (Dec 2014 – Dec 2015)
Sales of smart home products as a category at John Lewis have increased…
The retailer is set to invest in Tech Hub outside London, creating highly-skilled digital jobs
LONDON, 2016-Mar-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has today announced it is setting up a new IT and digital operation in Birmingham, the first of its kind for the retailer.
The new Tech Hub, set to open this September in the…
John Lewis announces the appointment of James Prince as branch head at its department store in Leeds
LONDON, 2016-Jan-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has today announced that James Prince will become head of branch at its department store in Leeds, set to open autumn 2016. John Lewis will invest £37 million in the 255,000 sq ft department store, which will be one of the largest outside London.
James will lead the…
Retailer to open seven shop-in-shops with The Netherlands' leading department store
LONDON, 2015-11-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — In a first for the retailer, John Lewis has announced it will have a physical presence in Europe by opening shop-in-shops within seven branches of The Netherlands' leading department store, de Bijenkorf.
The first three shop-in-shop departments will open…
John Lewis Christmas 2015 advertising campaign, titled Man On The Moon, encourages us to show someone they're loved this Christmas
The retailer has teamed up with Age UK in an effort to help raise awareness of the million older people who go a month without speaking to a friend, neighbour or member of family
Advert…
John Lewis Retail Report reveals the new age of the ultra-flexible, ultra-confident shopper
LONDON, 2015-10-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — The third annual John Lewis Retail Report which launched today, confirms a new age of shopping which the confident, flexible 'Master Shopper' controls. The report identifies that Britons are taking control of the omnichannel shopping environment.…
LONDON, 2015-10-9 — /EPR Retail News/ — Leeds City Council, John Lewis and Hammerson have signed an Employment and Skills Charter, marking their commitment to support Leeds residents to access more than 1,000 new employment opportunities as part of the £165 million Victoria Gate development.
The Charter sets out how the organisations will work collaboratively to…
LONDON, 2015-10-9 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has today announced plans to open a new department store in Cheltenham in 2017.
With a combined investment of over £30m from John Lewis, BlackRock and Cheltenham Borough Council, the proposal will see the Beechwood shopping centre in Cheltenham transformed into a John Lewis department store.
Creating up…
Opening marks £35 million investment and retailer's largest new shop in four years
LONDON, 2015-9-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis today opened its new £35million Birmingham shop, signalling the business' commitment to the British High Street and the importance of investing in physical shops as part of its growth strategy.
Anchor tenant of the city's new…
LONDON, 2015-9-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis is searching for over 3,000 temporary Partners (staff) to fill roles across the retail and distribution arms of the business, ahead of the busiest shopping period of the year.
The retailer is recruiting new Partners to assist customers in its 44 branches as they get ready for…
LONDON, 2015-9-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — The John Lewis Partnership has announced the details of five industrial placement schemes for 2016/17, with candidates able to apply from 1 September 2015.
The five schemes are for students taking a year out from university to gain workplace skills and experience, and offer a unique insight and invaluable…
LONDON, 2015-8-4— /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has announced the arrival of 'FOUND at John Lewis', a new fashion and lifestyle concept set in a boutique shopping environment that will introduce new and niche contemporary brands to womenswear. FOUND at John Lewis will bring together a curated edit of existing and new brands across…
John Lewis has today announced plans to launch a brand new in store beauty spa concept called &Beauty.
LONDON, 2015-7-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Revealed for the first time at the retailer's new multi-million pound Birmingham shop when it opens on Thursday 24 September, the new John Lewis branded venture will provide salon services combined…
Multi-million pound regional flagship shop to open its doors on Thursday 24 September 2015
LONDON, 2015-7-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has announced today that its new regional flagship shop in Birmingham will open its doors to customers at 10am on Thursday 24 September 2015.
The date marks the completion of the 250,000 sq ft…
LONDON, 2015-7-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today, John Lewis announced the launch of a new collaboration with Bruce Oldfield, OBE. The Bruce by Bruce Oldfield capsule 60 piece ready-to-wear collection has been created exclusively for John Lewis by the leading British designer. This is his first ever collection for the UK high street and…
LONDON, 2015-6-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — At 9am this morning, the new co-located John Lewis at home and Waitrose Horsham shops opened their doors to customers for the first time. The 43,000 sq. ft John Lewis, located at Albion Way in Horsham, is the retailer's 11th 'at home' shop and only the second co-located…
LONDON, 2015-6-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has announced it will be expanding its in-store food experiences by developing further partnerships with Joe & The Juice and Rossopomodoro, to introduce ten further restaurants across its shops within the next year.
As well as the permanent sites, the two brands will have pop-up outlets at…
John Lewis 'at home' to sit shoulder to shoulder with Waitrose in Horsham £11m investment by the Partnership in the development of both shops.
LONDON, 2015-5-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis and Waitrose today announce that their new Horsham shops, co-located on Albion Way, will open to customers at 9am on Thursday 18 June…
New roles created as the retailer invests in both bricks and clicks
Over 500 vacancies go live tomorrow in Birmingham, to join team of 150 specialist roles already being recruited
Recruitment is underway for over 200 new roles in Milton Keynes.
LONDON, 2015-4-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis is recruiting for roles to support…
LONDON, 2015-3-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has launched a driver apprenticeship scheme which will recruit 41 new apprentices throughout 2015.
The scheme, in partnership with The Real Apprenticeship Company, complements John Lewis's retail apprenticeships and reflects the changing roles of front-line driver Partners (staff) who interact with customers on a regular basis.
Two types…
MILTON KEYNES, UK, 2015-2-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has announced that it will open a new distribution centre (DC) in Milton Keynes, to support the growth of its omnichannel business in both shops and online.
John Lewis has signed a 25-year lease on the 638,000 sq feet warehouse. The DC will support the…
This week's big story: Record fashion and home sales weeks
LONDON, 2014-12-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Both our Fashion and Home directorates had record sales weeks and this was reflected in their year-on-year increases of +2.5% and +0.6% respectively.The Fashion directorate's record sales week reflected the last minute gifting trend with premium beauty +5% year-on-year…
LONDON, 2014-11-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis plc announces that it has today priced the issue of £300,000,000 4.25% bonds due 2034 (the “Bonds”) in the wholesale institutional bond markets.
The bonds are expected to be issued on 4 December and to be listed on the Official List and admitted to trading on the…
This week's big story
LONDON, 2014-11-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — This week saw sales of £108.8m, breaking the £100m barrier for the first time this year and matching our 2013 record for the earliest week to have reached this milestone. Lighting had its best ever sales week and was +10.4 % year on year.
Weekly trading…
LONDON, 2014-11-11— /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis issued update on its Christmas sales and activities
This week's big story: Monty's Christmas
Monty's Christmas has received over 16 million views on social media. The advert racked up 7 million views on social media in 24 hours, seven times as many as at the same point last year.
Weekly…
John Lewis Christmas advertising campaign reminds us of the magic of Christmas seen through a child's eyes
Advert set to Tom Odell's cover of John Lennon's 'Real Love'
Retailer incorporates technology firsts to create innovative in-store experience
LONDON, 2014-11-7— /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis today revealed its 2014 Christmas advertising campaign, which evokes the…
LONDON, 2014-10-14— /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis has today opened its first-ever railway station shop at St Pancras International. This new format for John Lewis will provide customers with a new and convenient way to shop at this key transport hub.
The 3,000 sq ft shop offers an edited selection of electronics, gifts, beauty, home…