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Total sales at John Lewis & Partners were down 10.4% last week (to Saturday November 2) on the same week last year, as the department store group annualised against competitor promotions. Customer director Craig Inglis commented: “Home sales were down 14.1%. However, customers are decorating their homes and preparing for …

Total sales at John Lewis & Partners were down 7.7% last week (to Saturday October 26) on the same week last year. According to the department store group’s director of digital Sienne Veit: “We were annualising against promotional activity and a Partnership card spend incentive. “Home sales were down 19.3%. …

John Lewis & Partners has launched a pilot at its Oxford shop to encourage a ‘reduce, reuse & return’ culture among customers which could provide a blueprint for other shops. The pilot will test eight ways in which the retailer and its customers can reduce their impact on the planet, …

John Lewis Partnership (JLP), which operates department store group John Lewis & Partners and supermarket chain Waitrose & Partners, has announced that this will be the last Christmas when it sells Christmas crackers with plastic toys inside. Instead, crackers will be filled with toys made from recyclable materials such as …

Total sales at John Lewis & Partners were up 8.5% last week (to Saturday October 19) on the same week last year, as customers shopped promotions across fashion and beauty in-store and online, according to the department store group’s buying director of fashion Christine Kasoulis. She said: “Fashion sales were …

John Lewis & Partners has released its annual Retail Report which looks back on sales trends at the department store group over the past 12 months. ‘How We Shop, Live And Look’ analyses internal shopping data from August 2018 to August 2019 to get an insight into the products which …

With two weeks to go until Halloween, John Lewis & Partners has shared its top sellers to help kick off this year’s celebrations. The department store group said: ‘With customers increasingly pulling out all the stops for Halloween, wreaths, wall hangings and table decorations are set to be bigger and …

Total sales at John Lewis & Partners were up 11.9% last week (to Saturday October 12) on the same week last year. The department store group’s electricals & home technology buyer director Laurence Mitchell said: “Customers purchased new season items due to cooler weather and enjoyed shopping promotional events across …

John Lewis & Partners introduced a pilot scheme at its Oxford shop last Friday (October 4), inviting customers to return ‘preloved’ clothes in exchange for payment per item. Through this ‘BuyBack’ trial, the shop is accepting items from any womenswear and menswear brands stocked at John Lewis, from its 20,000 …

Total sales at John Lewis & Partners were down 12.4% last week (to Saturday September 21) on the same week last year. The department store group said the performance was due to warmer weather impacting sales of new season products. John Lewis & Partners trading director Simon Coble commented: “Home …