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John Lewis plans to grow its own brand Home business to £1bn of annual revenue by 2020

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…

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Ireland’s largest department store Arnotts to introduce John Lewis own brand Home products to its store this Autumn

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…

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John Lewis opens UK’s largest smart home technology experience at its Oxford Street store

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…

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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…

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John Lewis to open shop-in-shops within 7 branches of Netherlands’ leading department store de Bijenkorf

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…

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John Lewis Retail Report: Britons are taking control of the omnichannel shopping environment

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.…

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Leeds City Council, John Lewis and Hammerson sign Employment and Skills Charter

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…

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John Lewis to open new department store in Cheltenham in 2017

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…

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John Lewis opens its largest new shop in four years – the new £35m Birmingham shop

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…

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John Lewis seeks 3,000 temporary Partners ahead of the busiest shopping period of the year

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…

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Candidates can now apply for John Lewis Partnership’s 2016/17 industrial placement schemes

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…

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John Lewis announces the arrival of a new fashion and lifestyle concept for womenswear ‘FOUND at John Lewis’

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…

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John Lewis to launch brand new in store beauty spa concept called &Beauty

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…

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John Lewis to open its new regional flagship shop in Birmingham on 24 September 2015

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…

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John Lewis launches The Bruce by Bruce Oldfield capsule 60 piece ready-to-wear collection

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…

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The new co-located John Lewis at home and Waitrose Horsham shops opened at Albion Way in Horsham

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…

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John Lewis to expand partnerships with Joe & The Juice and Rossopomodoro

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…

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John Lewis and Waitrose announce their new Horsham shops to open on 18 June

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…

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John Lewis: Applications for more than 500 roles at John Lewis Birmingham shop open tomorrow; Recruitment for over 200 new roles in Milton Keynes underway

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…

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John Lewis launched driver apprenticeship scheme which will recruit 41 new apprentices throughout 2015

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…

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John Lewis to open new 638,000 sq feet distribution centre in Milton Keynes

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…

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John Lewis Christmas barometer: Record fashion and home sales weeks

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…

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John Lewis plc priced the issue of £300,000,000 4.25% bonds due 2034 in the wholesale institutional bond markets

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…

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John Lewis saw sales of £108.8m this week breaking the £100m barrier for the first time this year

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…

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John Lewis issued update on its Christmas sales and activities

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…

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John Lewis reveals its 2014 Christmas advertising campaign featuring the heartwarming tale of friendship between little boy, Sam, and his penguin friend, Monty

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…

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John Lewis opens its first-ever railway station shop (3,000 sq ft) at St Pancras International

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…

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