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When John Lewis bought Jessop & Son in 1933, the turnover had fallen to £58,598 [4] (equivalent to £5,254,700 in 2023). [9] Jessops had become the first of the business' new provincial stores, which would grow over the next few decades, and by the first year being in charge the business had seen turnover rise by 30%.
John Lewis store in Cardiff John Lewis Oxford Street store damaged during The Blitz, 1940. The first John Lewis store constructed as part of a shopping centre was the relocated Jessops, in Nottingham, which has been in the Victoria Centre since it opened in 1972.
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. The public limited company [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is owned by a trust [ 2 ] on behalf of all its employees, known as Partners, who share the responsibilities and ...
The John Lewis takeover allowed much needed capital investment into the store, making it into one of the leading department stores in the UK by 1974. [4] In 1976 the store was relocated to the Eldon Square shopping centre in the city, and was at the time the largest John Lewis store outside London. [4]
John Lewis was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, and became an orphan at the age of seven.He was brought up by an aunt, Miss Ann Speed. [1] Having served as an apprentice to a local draper from the age of fourteen, he moved to London to become a silk buyer in the capital, working in Peter Robinson's Department Store at Oxford Circus by the time he was 20.
He worked for the retailer in a number of roles for more than 33 years, stepping down from heading up its UK and Irish business in March 2024. In September 2024, he succeeded Sharon White to become the seventh chairman of the John Lewis Partnership .
Sir John Henry James Lewis, OBE (born 1940) is a British businessman, solicitor and charity executive. He has been chairman of Photo-Me International since 2010 and the Attingham Trust since 1990. Early life and education
John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. On his father's death he formed the ...