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Touchwood has a John Lewis department store, [7] at 265,000 sq ft (24,600 m 2), as well as 80 other stores, over 20 restaurants and a Cineworld nine-screen multiplex cinema. [ 8 ] The most successful retailing area of Solihull, Mell Square and Solihull High Street both now hosting empty units.
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 ]
John Lewis & Partners: Oxford Street, London: 1864 The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis owns 30 full-line department stores. Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original name, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000.
Bristol, House of Fraser (opened 2001 in premises previously occupied by Bentalls, preceded by John Lewis and originally Lewis's; closed 2008 on relocation to Cabot Circus. The store was at 1-27 The Horsefair) [110] Bristol, Jollys (acquired 1971; closed 1977. The store was at 62-66 Whiteladies Road, Clifton) [99]
3 (Marks & Spencer, House of Fraser & John Lewis) Total retail floor area: 1,675,955 square feet (155,701.3 m 2) No. of floors: 2 (3 in parts) Parking: 13,000 cars 39 Pod Point spaces 17 Tesla Spaces 15 coaches/motorhomes: Public transit access: Bluewater bus stop : Website: bluewater.co.uk
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]
Beatties was a small British department store group located primarily in the Midlands of England. In 2005, when it had 12 stores, the group was acquired by House of Fraser.On 14 January 2006, the Birmingham store closed, because a similar House of Fraser store, Rackhams, was not far away.
On 17 January 1981, the store closed for good with 253 John Lewis partners losing their jobs, with many being transferred to the Brent Cross Branch. [5] [6] However, on 2 February 1981 the store reopened as Waitrose John Barnes on the ground floor (the food hall had been previously in the basement) and continues to operate from there. [7]