John Lewis Partnership (JLP) – which owns and operates department store group John Lewis & Partners and supermarket chain Waitrose & Partners – has announced that John Lewis & Partners managing director Paula Nickolds will step down from the JLP board and will be leaving her post in February 2020. …
Read More »John Lewis appoints director of services
John Lewis & Partners has promoted Sean Allam to the newly created role of director of services. The department store group said his appointment follows its announcement earlier this year to strengthen its point of difference in three areas: unique products, personal service and expanding into new services. Under the …
Read More »John Lewis appoints trading director
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, …
Read More »John Lewis to offer concierge style service at new Oxford store
John Lewis has revealed details of a ‘concierge style’ shopping experience which will be offered at its new Oxford store. The department store group is the anchor tenant of the new 800,000sq ft Westgate Oxford retail-led mixed use development, which opens in the Oxfordshire city on Tuesday (October 24). The …
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