John Lewis to recruit 7,000 Christmas jobs September 15, 2021 John Lewis is recruiting more than 7,000 temporary roles across the UK in the run up to Christmas. The retailer is looking to hire 2,000 more workers than last year to meet increased demand. The hiring spree comes as retail bosses have expressed concern about the long-term impact of ongoing supply chain disruption including labour [...]
John Lewis launches cut-price fashion range September 7, 2021 Retailer John Lewis has announced it will launch a budget fashion range under its Anyday brand, as UK shoppers continued to be lured to fast-fashion online retailers. The company is expanding its line of affordable homeware and technology products to include menswear, womenswear and children’s fashion next week. Around 700 new clothing products – some [...]
Clipper Logistics offers 200 new jobs after John Lewis contract win August 16, 2021 Clipper Logistics today said it has signed a new contract with John Lewis which promises to create 200 new jobs. Clipper said it will provide additional e-commerce and store replenishment services to the UK department store chain from its new distribution centre. The Leeds-based company, which provides value-added logistics solutions, e-fulfilment and returns management services [...]
John Lewis hikes lorry driver salaries by £5,000 amid driver shortages August 5, 2021 John Lewis has today announced that it will up the salaries of its lorry drivers by £5,000 a year as the current shortage of HGV drivers continues to weigh on the supermarket sector. The retailer said that the rise, which works out at roughly £2 an hour, came in response to the shortfall, which has [...]
John Lewis and Waitrose to cut 1000 jobs July 14, 2021 John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of the two high street giants, has confirmed plans to cut around 1000 management roles in stores. In a move that echoes rival retailers’ attempts to weather the pandemic, the company said the 1000 role redundancies were an attempt to simplify store management structures. A John Lewis Partnership spokesperson [...]
John Lewis and Waitrose to introduce flexible working for head office staff July 5, 2021 Bosses at John Lewis and Waitrose have confirmed they will introduce flexible working for all staff based at the company’s head offices. The announcement by the employee-owned retailer came after Boris Johnson confirmed plans to lift most lockdown restrictions on 19 July, including an end to the government’s work from home guidance. “If restrictions are [...]
John Lewis to build 10,000 rental homes July 5, 2021 Retailer John Lewis will build 10,000 rental homes over the next few years, in a move into the residential property market. Tenants will have a choice of renting fully furnished with John Lewis products or using their own, according to reports. The move will give the business a long-term, stable income, and provide new job [...]
John Lewis exclusive: ’40 per cent of our profits will come from non-retail by 2030′ June 11, 2021 High Street giant John Lewis looks back on a difficult year. In March, the 157-year old partnership announced it would not reopen eight stores after lockdown restrictions eased, putting almost 1,500 jobs at risk. The value of John Lewis stores dropped to almost half the value they were before this year’s and last year’s writedowns, due [...]
John Lewis goes on senior hiring spree in push to modernise brand May 28, 2021 John Lewis has made three new senior hires to support its plans to transform and grow the business after a tough year. The new hires will focus on developing John Lewis’s online store, the retailer’s physical estates and branding. Steve Masterton will become director of online trade. He joins the partnership from Dunelm, where he [...]
Shakespeare: John Lewis takes a hit from “cash for curtains” row May 5, 2021 John Lewis has been in the news in the past fortnight as it got dragged into the controversy about the refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat. The renovations to the Prime Minister’s living quarters were allegedly ordered to replace what Tatler described as the “John Lewis furniture nightmare” left by his predecessor. Data from [...]