John Lewis & Partners is a chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom. Concessions are also located in the Republic of Ireland and Australia. The chain is an employee-owned mutual organization known as the John Lewis Partnership. It was created by Spedan Lewis, son of the founder, John Lewis, in 1929. It is currently the largest co-operative in the UK.[3][4] The chain has promised since 1925 that it is "never knowingly undersold" - it will always at least match a lower price offered by a national high street competitor.[5][6]
The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London, and there are now 51 stores throughout Great Britain. The first John Lewis concession in the Republic of Ireland opened in a Dublin Arnotts store in October 2016. The first Australian John Lewis concession opened in a Sydney Myer store in November 2016.[citation needed].
On 1 January 2008, the Oxford Street store was awarded a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II as "suppliers of haberdashery and household goods".[7] John Lewis & Partners Reading is also the holder of a Royal Warrant from the Queen in 2007 as suppliers of household and fancy goods.[8]
The John Lewis & Partners Christmas advert was first launched in 2007 and it has since become something of an annual tradition in British culture,[9][10] and one of the signals that the countdown to Christmas has begun in the UK
History
Early history
The flagship store on Oxford Street began as a drapery shop, opened by John Lewis in 1864. In 1905 Lewis acquired a second store, Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. His eldest son, John Spedan Lewis, began the John Lewis Partnership in 1920 after thinking up the idea during his days in charge of Peter Jones. John Spedan Lewis also thought up the idea of the Gazette, the partnership's in-house magazine, first published in 1918.
In 1933 the partnership purchased its first store outside London, the long established Jessop & Son in Nottingham. Jessops only rebranded itself as John Lewis on 27 October 2002. In 1940 the partnership bought Selfridge Provincial Stores. This group of sixteen suburban and provincial department stores included Cole Brothers, Sheffield; George Henry Lee, Liverpool; Robert Sayle, Cambridge; and Trewin Brothers, Watford; all of which continue to trade today but are now re-branded as John Lewis & Partners.
In 1949, it was reported that London branches included Peter Jones, John Barnes (now a branch of Waitrose & Partners), John Pound and Bon Marche. The "provincial branches" were Robert Sayle, of Cambridge and Peterborough, Tyrrell & Green, of Southampton and Lance & Lance of Weston-super-Mare. They also had "silk shops" at Edinburgh, Hull and Newcastle upon Tyne.[14]
In 1953 the Reading department store Heelas became part of the John Lewis group, retaining its original name until 2001, when it adopted the John Lewis name. Also in 1953, the partnership bought Herbert Parkinson, a textile manufacturer, a business which still makes duvets, pillows and furnishings for John Lewis.[15]
History since 1972
The first John Lewis store constructed as part of a shopping centre was the relocated Jessops, in Nottingham, which has been in the Victoria Centre since it opened in 1972. The announcement of an anchor tenant such as John Lewis contributes to the certainty of developers' proposals, and so attracts other retailers to the area.
Before the relaxation of UK Sunday trading laws in 1994, John Lewis stores closed on Mondays to allow staff a full two-day "weekend".
The John Lewis Partnership were the first department store group in the UK to adopt central buying, launching the 'Jonell(e)' name for own-brand merchandise in 1937. That brand name has gradually been replaced with the 'John Lewis' name since 2001. Additional own brands include Collection by John Lewis as well as John Lewis & Co. and Collection Weekend by John Lewis. Several Waitrose own-brand products, such as cleaning materials and party stationery, are also available from John Lewis.
Many stores acquired by the Partnership retained their original names for many years, including Tyrrell & Green in Southampton until 2000,[16] Bonds in Norwich until 2001, Trewins in Watford until 2001, Jessops in Nottingham (its first store outside London) until 2002,[17] Bainbridge's in Newcastle until 2002, Robert Sayle in Cambridge[18] and Cole Brothers in Sheffield until 2002. All have now been rebranded John Lewis, with the exception of Peter Jones in south west London and Knight & Lee in Southsea.
Investment has been made across the group in the twenty first century. This has included the renovation of Peter Jones at a cost of £107 million, completed in 2004.[19] The original Oxford Street shop is still the flagship and largest branch in the partnership. A complete refurbishment of the building was completed in late 2007 at a cost of £60 million. This introduced the new 'Place To Eat' restaurant and a brasserie and bistro in the store. A 'John Lewis Food Hall from Waitrose' opened in the shop's basement on 3 October 2007. A second Food Hall opened at the John Lewis Bluewater store on 6 August 2009.
On 4 September 2018, John Lewis underwent a major rebrand to become John Lewis & Partners. Waitrose underwent a similar rebrand.[20]
In October 2018, recruitment website Indeed named John Lewis & Partners as the UK's eighth best private sector employer,[21] based on millions of employee ratings and reviews.[22]
Stores
Department stores
As of October 2018, the John Lewis Partnership operated 52 John Lewis stores throughout Great Britain.[23] The Oxford Street store, originally opened in 1864 (rebuilt in 1953 following significant bomb damage in World War II), is the largest operated by the partnership. 35 of the stores are traditional department stores and 12 are 'John Lewis at home' stores.
John Lewis at home
In 2009, John Lewis announced a new format of "John Lewis at home" stores, the first of which opened in Poole in October 2009. The "at home" stores are located within pre-existing shopping regions, and focus on electrical, home and technology products.
The store in Poole opened on 22 October 2009 at the former Courts site at the Commerce Centre retail park in Branksome.
Following the early success of the Poole "at home" store, five further "at homes" opened in 2010/11 in areas outside of the catchment of the traditional John Lewis stores, including Croydon, Tunbridge Wells, Tamworth, Chester and Swindon. Further stores in Newbury and Chichester, West Sussex, opened in the spring of 2012, with Ipswich following in November 2012.[24] On Thursday 17 June 2015, a new John Lewis at home store opened in Horsham, West Sussex along with a branch of Waitrose that relocated from the town centre.[25]
Airport store
In the summer of 2014, John Lewis opened a small store airside in the newly rebuilt Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport.[26][27]
Australia and Republic of Ireland
In spring 2016, John Lewis confirmed it planned to enter the Irish market with a concession based in Arnotts Dublin store on Henry Street. It opened in October 2016 with a limited number of John Lewis branded home furnishings.
By February 2017, John Lewis had opened five shop-in-shop branches in Myer department stores in Australia.[28][29] The merchandise focus is on homewares. Manchester (as bedding, linens and towels are called in Australia) is manufactured to Australian bed sizes.
Current department stores
All stores go under 'John Lewis' unless stated otherwise.
Aberdeen (opened 1989)
Birmingham (opened 2015)
Greenhithe, Bluewater (opened 1999)
Brent Cross (opened 1976)
Bristol, Cribbs Causeway (opened 1981)
Cardiff (opened 2009)
Cambridge (acquired 1940 but demolished and redeveloped 2004-2007; previously Robert Sayle)
Cheadle (opened 2000)
Chelmsford (opened 2016)
Cheltenham (opened 2018)
Edinburgh (opened 1973)
Exeter (opened 2012)
Glasgow (opened 1999)
High Wycombe (opened 1988)
Kingston-Upon-Thames (opened 1990)
Leeds (opened 2016)
Leicester (opened 2008)
Liverpool (opened 2008 in current location; originally George Henry Lee; acquired 1940)
London, Oxford Street (opened 1864)
London, Sloane Square (trades as Peter Jones) (acquired 1905)
London, Westfield Stratford (opened 2011)
London, Westfield White City (opened 2018)
Milton Keynes (opened 1979)
Trafford Centre, Manchester (opened 2005)
Newcastle upon Tyne (opened 1976 in current location; originally Bainbridge's; acquired 1952)
Norwich (originally Bonds of Norwich: acquired 1982)
Nottingham (opened 1972 in current location; originally Jessops and Sons; acquired 1933)
Oxford (opened 2017)
Peterborough (opened 1982)
Reading (originally Heelas, acquired 1953)
Sheffield (opened 1963 in current location; originally Cole Brothers; acquired 1940)
Solihull (opened 2001)
Southampton (opened 2000 in current location; originally Tyrrell & Green; acquired 1934)
Watford (originally Trewins Brothers; acquired 1940)
Welwyn (originally Welwyn Department Store, acquired 1983; opened 1984; actually in nearby Welwyn Garden City, not Welwyn itself)
York (opened 2014)
At Home stores
Basingstoke (opened 2015)
Chester (opened 2011)
Chichester (opened 2012)
Croydon (opened 2010)
Horsham (opened 2015)
Ipswich (opened 2012)
Newbury (opened 2012)
Poole (opened 2009)
Swindon (opened 2010)
Tamworth (opened 2011)
Tunbridge Wells (opened 2011)
Other formats
Swindon (outlet; opened 2007)
Hounslow (Heathrow Airport Terminal 2; opened 2014)
St Pancras railway station (opened 2014)
The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London, and there are now 51 stores throughout Great Britain. The first John Lewis concession in the Republic of Ireland opened in a Dublin Arnotts store in October 2016. The first Australian John Lewis concession opened in a Sydney Myer store in November 2016.[citation needed].
On 1 January 2008, the Oxford Street store was awarded a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II as "suppliers of haberdashery and household goods".[7] John Lewis & Partners Reading is also the holder of a Royal Warrant from the Queen in 2007 as suppliers of household and fancy goods.[8]
The John Lewis & Partners Christmas advert was first launched in 2007 and it has since become something of an annual tradition in British culture,[9][10] and one of the signals that the countdown to Christmas has begun in the UK
History
Early history
The flagship store on Oxford Street began as a drapery shop, opened by John Lewis in 1864. In 1905 Lewis acquired a second store, Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. His eldest son, John Spedan Lewis, began the John Lewis Partnership in 1920 after thinking up the idea during his days in charge of Peter Jones. John Spedan Lewis also thought up the idea of the Gazette, the partnership's in-house magazine, first published in 1918.
In 1933 the partnership purchased its first store outside London, the long established Jessop & Son in Nottingham. Jessops only rebranded itself as John Lewis on 27 October 2002. In 1940 the partnership bought Selfridge Provincial Stores. This group of sixteen suburban and provincial department stores included Cole Brothers, Sheffield; George Henry Lee, Liverpool; Robert Sayle, Cambridge; and Trewin Brothers, Watford; all of which continue to trade today but are now re-branded as John Lewis & Partners.
In 1949, it was reported that London branches included Peter Jones, John Barnes (now a branch of Waitrose & Partners), John Pound and Bon Marche. The "provincial branches" were Robert Sayle, of Cambridge and Peterborough, Tyrrell & Green, of Southampton and Lance & Lance of Weston-super-Mare. They also had "silk shops" at Edinburgh, Hull and Newcastle upon Tyne.[14]
In 1953 the Reading department store Heelas became part of the John Lewis group, retaining its original name until 2001, when it adopted the John Lewis name. Also in 1953, the partnership bought Herbert Parkinson, a textile manufacturer, a business which still makes duvets, pillows and furnishings for John Lewis.[15]
History since 1972
The first John Lewis store constructed as part of a shopping centre was the relocated Jessops, in Nottingham, which has been in the Victoria Centre since it opened in 1972. The announcement of an anchor tenant such as John Lewis contributes to the certainty of developers' proposals, and so attracts other retailers to the area.
Before the relaxation of UK Sunday trading laws in 1994, John Lewis stores closed on Mondays to allow staff a full two-day "weekend".
The John Lewis Partnership were the first department store group in the UK to adopt central buying, launching the 'Jonell(e)' name for own-brand merchandise in 1937. That brand name has gradually been replaced with the 'John Lewis' name since 2001. Additional own brands include Collection by John Lewis as well as John Lewis & Co. and Collection Weekend by John Lewis. Several Waitrose own-brand products, such as cleaning materials and party stationery, are also available from John Lewis.
Many stores acquired by the Partnership retained their original names for many years, including Tyrrell & Green in Southampton until 2000,[16] Bonds in Norwich until 2001, Trewins in Watford until 2001, Jessops in Nottingham (its first store outside London) until 2002,[17] Bainbridge's in Newcastle until 2002, Robert Sayle in Cambridge[18] and Cole Brothers in Sheffield until 2002. All have now been rebranded John Lewis, with the exception of Peter Jones in south west London and Knight & Lee in Southsea.
Investment has been made across the group in the twenty first century. This has included the renovation of Peter Jones at a cost of £107 million, completed in 2004.[19] The original Oxford Street shop is still the flagship and largest branch in the partnership. A complete refurbishment of the building was completed in late 2007 at a cost of £60 million. This introduced the new 'Place To Eat' restaurant and a brasserie and bistro in the store. A 'John Lewis Food Hall from Waitrose' opened in the shop's basement on 3 October 2007. A second Food Hall opened at the John Lewis Bluewater store on 6 August 2009.
On 4 September 2018, John Lewis underwent a major rebrand to become John Lewis & Partners. Waitrose underwent a similar rebrand.[20]
In October 2018, recruitment website Indeed named John Lewis & Partners as the UK's eighth best private sector employer,[21] based on millions of employee ratings and reviews.[22]
Stores
Department stores
As of October 2018, the John Lewis Partnership operated 52 John Lewis stores throughout Great Britain.[23] The Oxford Street store, originally opened in 1864 (rebuilt in 1953 following significant bomb damage in World War II), is the largest operated by the partnership. 35 of the stores are traditional department stores and 12 are 'John Lewis at home' stores.
John Lewis at home
In 2009, John Lewis announced a new format of "John Lewis at home" stores, the first of which opened in Poole in October 2009. The "at home" stores are located within pre-existing shopping regions, and focus on electrical, home and technology products.
The store in Poole opened on 22 October 2009 at the former Courts site at the Commerce Centre retail park in Branksome.
Following the early success of the Poole "at home" store, five further "at homes" opened in 2010/11 in areas outside of the catchment of the traditional John Lewis stores, including Croydon, Tunbridge Wells, Tamworth, Chester and Swindon. Further stores in Newbury and Chichester, West Sussex, opened in the spring of 2012, with Ipswich following in November 2012.[24] On Thursday 17 June 2015, a new John Lewis at home store opened in Horsham, West Sussex along with a branch of Waitrose that relocated from the town centre.[25]
Airport store
In the summer of 2014, John Lewis opened a small store airside in the newly rebuilt Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport.[26][27]
Australia and Republic of Ireland
In spring 2016, John Lewis confirmed it planned to enter the Irish market with a concession based in Arnotts Dublin store on Henry Street. It opened in October 2016 with a limited number of John Lewis branded home furnishings.
By February 2017, John Lewis had opened five shop-in-shop branches in Myer department stores in Australia.[28][29] The merchandise focus is on homewares. Manchester (as bedding, linens and towels are called in Australia) is manufactured to Australian bed sizes.
Current department stores
All stores go under 'John Lewis' unless stated otherwise.
Aberdeen (opened 1989)
Birmingham (opened 2015)
Greenhithe, Bluewater (opened 1999)
Brent Cross (opened 1976)
Bristol, Cribbs Causeway (opened 1981)
Cardiff (opened 2009)
Cambridge (acquired 1940 but demolished and redeveloped 2004-2007; previously Robert Sayle)
Cheadle (opened 2000)
Chelmsford (opened 2016)
Cheltenham (opened 2018)
Edinburgh (opened 1973)
Exeter (opened 2012)
Glasgow (opened 1999)
High Wycombe (opened 1988)
Kingston-Upon-Thames (opened 1990)
Leeds (opened 2016)
Leicester (opened 2008)
Liverpool (opened 2008 in current location; originally George Henry Lee; acquired 1940)
London, Oxford Street (opened 1864)
London, Sloane Square (trades as Peter Jones) (acquired 1905)
London, Westfield Stratford (opened 2011)
London, Westfield White City (opened 2018)
Milton Keynes (opened 1979)
Trafford Centre, Manchester (opened 2005)
Newcastle upon Tyne (opened 1976 in current location; originally Bainbridge's; acquired 1952)
Norwich (originally Bonds of Norwich: acquired 1982)
Nottingham (opened 1972 in current location; originally Jessops and Sons; acquired 1933)
Oxford (opened 2017)
Peterborough (opened 1982)
Reading (originally Heelas, acquired 1953)
Sheffield (opened 1963 in current location; originally Cole Brothers; acquired 1940)
Solihull (opened 2001)
Southampton (opened 2000 in current location; originally Tyrrell & Green; acquired 1934)
Watford (originally Trewins Brothers; acquired 1940)
Welwyn (originally Welwyn Department Store, acquired 1983; opened 1984; actually in nearby Welwyn Garden City, not Welwyn itself)
York (opened 2014)
At Home stores
Basingstoke (opened 2015)
Chester (opened 2011)
Chichester (opened 2012)
Croydon (opened 2010)
Horsham (opened 2015)
Ipswich (opened 2012)
Newbury (opened 2012)
Poole (opened 2009)
Swindon (opened 2010)
Tamworth (opened 2011)
Tunbridge Wells (opened 2011)
Other formats
Swindon (outlet; opened 2007)
Hounslow (Heathrow Airport Terminal 2; opened 2014)
St Pancras railway station (opened 2014)
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