John Lewis Partnership
The John Lewis Partnership owns the retail chains John Lewis and Waitrose. All 70,000 staff are partners and share in the profits. The first store opened in London in 1864 and the John Lewis chain’s results are often taken as an overall barometer of the UK high street’s fortunes. The current director of marketing is Craig Inglis.
Waitrose named as England cricket sponsor
Upmarket retailer signs deal as part of global brand-building exercise, renews Reading Football Club sponsorship.
Waitrose turns to storytelling in Heston ads
Supermarket aims to tell the story behind TV chef’s recipes in Easter campaign.
John Lewis cites marketing and brand for sales boost
Sales and profit soars at John Lewis and Waitrose chains.
John Lewis drafts in Collect+ boss for e-commerce push
Mark Lewis takes board level position to head up development of its online business.
John Lewis expected to outshine high street
John Lewis festive figures shine but retailers expected to report ‘minimal’ uplift over Christmas and face further tough times ahead, say observers.
CompareTheMarket 'most liked' TV ad of 2012
Meerkat fends off competition from British Heart Foundation and Kerrygold in Nielsen rankings.
John Lewis festive social strategy 'most effective'
Retailer hits record sales as study finds its online branded content strategy ‘most effective’.
First insight boss for Waitrose and John Lewis
Partnership appoints first joint customer insights boss to make better use of data across the business.
Waitrose and John Lewis launch first joint ads
Department store and grocer team up in first co-branded ads.
John Lewis and Waitrose boosted by Christmas ads
Both retailers have seen an immediate sales impact from Christmas ads launched earlier this month.
John Lewis 'teases' with Christmas ad trails
Department store will run trailers ahead of the launch of its Christmas ad to build excitement.
John Lewis unveils latest TV campaign
Latest TV ad once again tugs on viewers’ heartstrings to reinforce department store’s ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ commitment.
John Lewis reaps reward of multichannel strategy
John Lewis and Waitrose see profit uplift on back of multichannel approach.
Top retailers at channel crossroads
Even the world’s leading retailers are still feeling their way when it comes to cross-channel operations, reveals research seen by Marketing Week. Lucy Fisher reports.
John Lewis lifted by Olympics
Olympic feelgood factor helps drive strong sales performance at Waitrose and John Lewis.
John Lewis opens first pop-up
Retailer promotes its first ‘flexible format’ smaller store with a high street pop-up.
John Lewis attracts attention and charities get rejection
Research has revealed that brands favoured by marketers are close to those admired by consumers…
Ten brands that gain the most admiration from marketers
A new list of brands that are most admired by marketers, seen exclusively by Marketing Week, closely matches those that are loved by consumers.
Waitrose to match Tesco on all grocery brands
Waitrose is extending its Brand Match pledge to give shoppers more confidence that it is not more expensive than rivals.
John Lewis plots broadband campaign
The retailer will launch a £2m campaign to promote the launch of John Lewis branded broadband service
Waitrose celebrates Queen with Jubilee range
Waitrose launches Jubilee inspired merchandise to help people celebrate Queen’s 60 years on the throne.
John Lewis price promise to stay
John Lewis will increase marketing around Never Knowingly Undersold pledge ‘no matter what’ despite recent fall in profit.
John Lewis morale might be up, but profits are down
I’d wager John Lewis staff are amongst the happiest in the UK, with every employee being rewarded…
Profit down at John Lewis
Bonus falls for first time in three years as profit hit by increased investment in promotional activity and innovation.
Mainstream brands make a play for the super rich list
Recession? What recession? A new set of brands is muscling in on territory that until recently was occupied exclusively by luxury goods and services providers by targeting the wealthy but time poor community.
Partnership models are the path to prosperity
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg believes he has the answer to creating strong growth for the UK. He suggests that the country needs to become “more of a John Lewis economy” with mass employee share ownership.
John Lewis hails service and value for sales bump
John Lewis sales increased 9% year on year in the final five weeks of the year as customers respond to its high value and service proposition.
John Lewis launches iPhone app
The department store now offers an iPhone app to help customers shop on the move and in its stores.
Tesco Big Price Drop boosts shopper numbers
Tesco’s sales have taken a hit but its £500m investment in cutting prices has attracted more shoppers, according to the latest Kantar figures.
Waitrose plots “significant” uplift in social media spend
Waitrose preparing social media onslaught in 2012 with ‘significant’ budget uplift.
