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Britain was recovering from World War One, which ended in 1918, and the post-war economic depression greatly affected trade for all businesses. The eponymous founder of John Lewis died in 1928 aged 92 and his son, John Spedan Lewis established the John Lewis Partnership the following year.
- Olivia Adams
Aug 19, 2021 · In the first two decades of this century, if any organisation was struggling, middle-class Britons would mutter “why can’t it be run like John Lewis?”, their go-to supplier of curtains and...
- Jonathan Guthrie
When a fellow draper, Peter Jones, died, having just lit his grand shop with electricity, John Lewis strode along to Sloane Square with £20,000 in his pocket and snapped it up. He married the daughter of another Somerset draper, a Girton girl who opted for motherhood and was crushed by it.
The John Lewis Partnership plc[1] (JLP) is a British company that operates John Lewis & Partners department stores, Waitrose supermarkets, financial services and a build to rent operation.
John Lewis & Partners, commonly known as John Lewis, is a British chain of high-end department stores operating across the United Kingdom, with concessions in Ireland. It is part of the John Lewis Partnership plc, a holding company held in a trust on behalf of its employees as the beneficiaries of the trust. [3]
Our History. 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.
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Our history is our heritage. The past has shaped this business from its conception and still influences our decision making today.
