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- John Lewis (24 February 1836 – 8 June 1928) was an English businessman and town councillor, known for being the founder of the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London and the national John Lewis department store chain.
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John Lewis (24 February 1836 – 8 June 1928) was an English businessman and town councillor, known for being the founder of the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London and the national John Lewis department store chain.
Over 100 years ago our Founder, John Spedan Lewis, began an experiment into a better way of doing business by including staff in decision making on how the business would be run.
The founder’s dominating style came into focus on April 27, 1920, when 400 department store staff opted for strike action ‘en masse’, timed to coincide with a major John Lewis sale. They demanded trade union representation to achieve fairer treatment on pay and working conditions.
John Lewis & Partners (formerly and commonly known as John Lewis) is a British brand of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom, with concessions also located in Ireland. The brand sells general merchandise as part of the John Lewis Partnership.
May 26, 2022 · John Spedan Lewis founds the John Lewis Partnership, with the profits of the company distributed to all employees in the form of a bonus or company stock. 90 years later, it's still hailed as the secret to the company’s ongoing success.
Apr 19, 2014 · John Lewis - the founder of the famous retail chain - was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1836. Becoming a drapers apprentice, aged 14, in 1856, he came to London and landed a job as a ...
Aug 19, 2021 · Victoria Glendinning’s account of the miserly founder of middle England’s department store — and the son who gave it away Spedan Lewis in 1904. The The partnership model he established ...
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