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Total sales for John Lewis for last week (to Saturday July 22) were up 8.9% to £79.8 million. Both online and branches saw strong sales, with online traffic seeing one of its biggest weeks of the year. The department store group’s director of online product Sienne Veit said: “Home sales …

Total sales for John Lewis last week (to Saturday July 15) were £86.4 million: up 4% compared with last year. Sales of all departments grew in the period, which was the last week of summer Clearance, Home sales rose 1.9% due to sales Clearance lines. Sales of Furniture and Flooring …

The hottest new instagram craze, the #Shelfie, has prompted an 11% rise in sales of bookcases for John Lewis so far this season. The department store group said customers are investing in shelving units to display their books and objet d’art, with some posting their displays on social media and …

Department store group John Lewis has had its knuckles rapped by the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) for misleading viewers in an advert. A complaint was issued to the ASA over a deal seen on www.johnlewis.com on February 15, which offered a LG TV 55B6 with a ‘FREE LG SH7 sound …

Total sales for John Lewis for last week (to Saturday July 8) were up 2% to £86.7 million compared with last year, supported by strong Clearance sales. Home sales were up 0.2%. The department store group’s customer director Craig Inglis commented: “Outdoor living performed particularly well, with sales up 55% …

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John Lewis has released a message from its Christmas buyer Dan Cooper, in which he shares some of the department store group’s strategies for Christmas 2017. “This autumn our shops will take personalisation to the next level as we introduce Christmas Villages into a total of 11 locations, bringing together …

Total sales at John Lewis last week (to Saturday July 1), were up 8.8% to £98.7 million The period was the department store group’s full week of summer clearance. Barry Matheson, head of shop trade for Scotland & North, commented: “Electrical and Home Technology had a really strong week, with …

Total sales for John Lewis fell 0.5% to £96.2 million last week (to Saturday June 24) compared with last year, due to the timing of its Clearance sale. The department store group’s director of shop trade Maggie Porteous said EHT (Electricals & Home Technology) sales for the week were strong, …

John Lewis is recruiting staff for around 300 new jobs at its first ever store in Oxford, which opens in four months. The 120,000sq ft outlet, which represents an £18m investment in the Oxfordshire city by the retailer, will launch alongside other shops at the £440 million Westgate Oxford development …