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John Lewis sales sparkle

06.11.09

Bonfire night saw demand for fireworks rocket by a quarter year-on-year at John Lewis, helping the department store chain post yet another weekly sales rise, this time up 8% ... more

The power dresser

05.11.09

The designer of Samantha Cameron's party conference frock is now suing M&S over its copyright. But fashion feuds apart, Alison Mansell insists, she's a Tory too... more

Merry trading at John Lewis dispels fears

16.10.09

Christmas could be better than retailers feared after John Lewis today said sales soared 13% in the first week of its festive shopping season ... more

Spend the evening with a Master Chef

29.09.09

Chef Rob Kirby is hosting a free dinner party demonstration at the John Lewis Foodhall at Bluewater on October 1.... more

War of words on High Street over Dixons’ advertising

25.09.09

It’s the battle between shop and website that has become the talk of the retail world. Dixons has launched a series of Tube adverts mocking the prices and service on offer at traditional stores including Selfridges, Harrods and John Lewis ... more

‘Posh’ Waitrose adds a bit of class to surging sales at John Lewis

17.09.09

Waitrose showed that it is fending off the challenge posed by the discount supermarkets and that it has thrived despite the recession... more

iPod shields, frozen wine cubes: the modern make do and mend

28.08.09

John Lewis announces it had updated the Make Do and Mend pamphlet for frugal living in the recession... more

Wine and beds bucking the John Lewis downward trend

21.08.09

Britons are taking to their beds with bottles of wine to do online shopping, the latest sales figures from John Lewis suggest ... more

Sun puts John Lewis sales in the shade

14.08.09

High Street bellwether John Lewis saw sales dip 5% in the first week of August, after a rare bit of sunshine kept customers out of its department stores... more

John Lewis chalks up Ł50 million sales

07.08.09

High Street bellwether John Lewis has had another encouraging seven days. Sales in the week to 1 August were up 5.6% to Ł50 million ... more

The best bikinis for the summer

04.08.09

Had enough of the British summer playing hard to get? It’s not too late to bag a stunning two-piece and head for a sun-kissed beach... more

Sales surge at John Lewis

31.07.09

The newly unemployed are turning to working from home, and that’s good news for department store chain John Lewis, which reported an 18% surge in sales of home office furniture ... more

Store ready for frenzy over fat-busting pants

22.07.09

John Lewis put another 40,000 pairs of its 'fat-busting' knickers — its fastest-selling lingerie range of the past decade — on sale... more

Waitrose hits sales heights in the heat

10.07.09

Picnics in the park and barbies in the garden helped Waitrose, the John Lewis supermarket chain, to record its best ever weekly sales outside the bumper Christmas and Easter weeks ... more

Shadow over John Lewis sales despite summer lift

05.06.09

Britons are preparing for summer by stocking up on sunglasses, with sales up 74% on the same week last year, according to John Lewis' latest figures ... more

'Green shoots' hailed as house prices rise again

29.05.09

Economists hailed further cautious signs of "green shoots" today as it emerged that house prices jumped 1.2 per cent in May and the government's car scrappage scheme got off to a strong start... more

Shoppers fight to get hands on anti-cellulite 'hot pants'

15.05.09

Cellulite-busting knickers have become the fastest-selling lingerie in John Lewis’s 145-year history, giving the department store chain its best sales figures of the year so far... more

John Lewis fillip from 'stay at homes'

17.04.09

Britons are preparing for a long summer at home by snapping up garden furniture and picnic paraphernalia... more

Waitrose sales boosted by food offers

03.04.09

John Lewis Partnership said Waitrose sales jumped more than 17% last week as cash-conscious shoppers stocked up on food offers... more

Waitrose to open in motorway service stations

01.04.09

Waitrose, the upmarket grocery arm of employee-owned retailer John Lewis, has signed a franchise deal with motorway services firm Welcome Break to open shops in two of its service stations... more

Sales fall not so bad for John Lewis

20.03.09

John Lewis sales fell 4% in the week to 14 March, a result that beat its own gloomy expectations... more

John Lewis still feeling sales chill

13.03.09

The recession continues to hit John Lewis. Latest weekly figures show sales off 2.1% compared with last year, with stores across the country recording falls... more

John Lewis profits fall but staff get 13% bonus

11.03.09

Thousands of John Lewis and Waitrose staff will receive the equivalent of seven weeks' extra pay after the upmarket stores chain reported profits of nearly Ł280 million for last year... more

Shoppers stay away from John Lewis

06.03.09

John Lewis saw a 10.3% drop in sales through its department stores in the last week as the consumer downturn really started to bite... more

John Lewis feels the chill as snow keeps customers away

13.02.09

Retail: Sales at John Lewis's London stores plunged by up to a quarter last week as the snow kept shoppers at home... more

A sales 'whimper' from John Lewis

06.02.09

Department stores chain John Lewis's trading year ended "with a whimper" as sales fell 1.6 per cent... more

John Lewis sales back under pressure

30.01.09

Retail: Department store chain John Lewis said sales dipped 0.8% last week in a sign of a return to tougher conditions on the high street after a festive trading boost... more

Flagship stores upbeat after last-minute sales surge

05.01.09

Upbeat figures from leading London stores raised hopes that a last-minute surge in shopping helped the high street avoid disaster over Christmas and the New Year... more