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Total sales for department store group John Lewis were £79.4 million last week (to Saturday January 20), up 2.6% on the same week last year. According to Alison Smith, head of shop trade for the South and West, Home sales were down 0.5% – although furniture sales were up 1.9%, …

John Lewis Partnership “traded well” over the six weeks to December 30, according to chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield. Gross sales totalled £1,962 million – up 2.5% on last year – with 3.6% growth for John Lewis and 1.4% for Waitrose. John Lewis Partnership operates 49 John Lewis shops across the …

Mary Portas looked back at some of last year’s biggest shopping trends in the Channel 4 documentary ‘What Britain Bought in 2017’, which aired on December 28. In the show, the retail consultant presented a review of the stand-out products on the nation’s £7.5 billion a week shopping list, from …

John Lewis announced today (Wednesday December 20) that it will extend its Click & Collect order cut off by 24 hours to Saturday (December 23) at 8pm. The extra time will allow customers to collect their parcels in John Lewis shops until they close on Christmas Eve. The shops will …

Department store group John Lewis has recruited Simon Coble to the role of trading director. He will take up the position on January 15 and will join the John Lewis management board, reporting to managing director Paula Nickolds. Simon joins from The Body Shop, where he was managing director UK, …

Sales at John Lewis for last week (to Saturday December 16) totalled £171.4 million – down 0.6% on the same week last year. The department store group’s director of shop trade Maggie Porteous commented: “Adverse weather and heavy snow across the country saw fewer people head outside to shop – …

John Lewis is encouraging applications for around 600 new jobs created by its new west London branch at Westfield shopping centre in White City. The four-level department store, which cost £33 million to build, will see John Lewis as one of the first retailers to open at the extended Westfield …

John Lewis has reported that it achieved sales of £214.3 million last week (to Saturday November 25) – up 7.2% year-on-year. The department store group’s operations director Dino Rocos commented: “After a few weeks of challenging sales in the run-up to Black Friday, this was the biggest ever week – …

John Lewis marked its busiest ever hour of online trading today (Friday November 24). The department store group said Black Friday 2017 is set to be one of its most successful days. From 9am to 10am this morning, an average of 705 units were purchased per minute on johnlewis.com. The …

John Lewis reports that customers were quick to respond to its Black Friday deals his morning (Friday November 24). The department store group’s busiest shopping hour online so far was between 7am and 8am, with an average of 495 units ordered per minute. Customers shopping online between 12am and 8am …