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    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis to build homes for rent in shift away from retail

      Partnership group plans 10,000 flats on Waitrose sites and will manage lettings itself

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      Sebastian Payne
      How the Conservatives can win back ‘Waitrose Woman’

      The latest target voter to be wooed by Tory campaigners is a disillusioned affluent southerner tempted by the Lib Dems

    • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
      Coronavirus economic impact
      Major UK retailers to urge customers to wear masks after July 19

      Many stores privately angry at effectively having to take sides in debate over keeping Covid-secure measures

    • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis warns of further store closures

      Heavy investment in shops that remain open will mean another year of weak profits

    • Friday, 16 October, 2020
      LexRetail sector
      John Lewis/Waitrose: trouble in store Premium content

      Retailer’s plan is commendable but the scattergun approach smacks of desperation

    • Friday, 28 August, 2020
      UK retail industry
      Waitrose launches delivery trial with Deliveroo

      Restaurant delivery group increases push into groceries with UK supermarket tie-up

    • Wednesday, 29 April, 2020
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis’s new chair reverses changes to executive roles

      Sharon White restores divisional management structure at Waitrose and department stores

    • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
      John Lewis to name former J Sainsbury executive as Waitrose boss

      James Bailey will take the helm as part of a broader reorganisation of management roles

    • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis furloughs 14,000 staff as coronavirus hits sales

      Near-doubling of online sales at department stores not sufficient to offset impact of shop closures

    • Friday, 27 March, 2020
      News in-depthCity Insider
      Sharon White mucks in to help Waitrose’s panicky buyers

      John Lewis chair has been spotted restocking shelves in a north London branch

    • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      Sharon White has formidable task to restore John Lewis to old glories

      New boss of UK national retail treasure will need to make tough decisions soon enough

    • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis cuts staff bonus to lowest level since 1953 as profits slip

      Sharon White begins strategy that could take 5 years to generate results

    • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis warns on profits as key executive quits

      Paula Nickolds to depart after group reports drop in department store sales

    • Friday, 13 December, 2019
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Jancis Robinson’s top 20 sweet and strong wines for Christmas

      From Muscat to Madeira, the best — and best-value — tipples for the festive season

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      News in-depthUK retail industry
      John Lewis slashes costs like a PLC as retail challenges mount

      Outgoing chairman takes radical action to unite two divisions in face of tough trading

    • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis to cut a third of managers in £100m cost-cutting push

      Waitrose chief Rob Collins to leave as shake-up merges supermarkets with department stores

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
      Ocado Group PLC
      Ocado reveals £100m blow from warehouse fire

      Share price rises as investors focus on growth potential of logistics business

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
      Waitrose enlists Ocado co-founder for online expansion

      Agreement comes after food delivery service ended supply agreement with grocery chain

    • Thursday, 7 March, 2019
      John Lewis Partnership PLC
      John Lewis cuts staff bonuses to lowest level in 65 years

      Chairman says department store chain’s employees increasingly face choice between bonus payouts or pensions

    • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
      Ocado Group PLC
      M&S paying ‘high price’ for Ocado, say analysts

      Plans to raise £600m via a rights issue and dividend cut an ‘extravagant use of shareholders’ cash’

    • Monday, 28 January, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      It’s bigger than Brexit: M&S-Ocado talks could end Waitrose deal

      The various versions of this story has jangled nerves from the City to, er, the shires

    • Monday, 28 January, 2019
      Matthew Vincent
      Opening Quote: Will Marks and Spencer go with Ocado? 
    • Sunday, 13 January, 2019
      Small Talk - CompaniesKate Burgess
      Challenge for Britain’s grocers remains the rise of discounters

      Brighton Pier Group rails against a very British problem

    • Thursday, 10 January, 2019
      Retail sector
      John Lewis warns staff profit share may be suspended

      Employee-owned retailer reiterates forecast of ‘substantial’ annual profits drop despite upbeat Christmas sales

    • Thursday, 13 September, 2018
      UK retail results
      John Lewis profits collapse 99% in first half

      Margins under pressure from fiercest discounting in a decade

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