The John Lewis Partnership has today appointed Nikki Humphrey as executive director for People. Humphrey joins from Virgin Atlantic where she is chief people officer and replaces Tracey Killen who has retired after a 38 year career in the Partnership.
The John Lewis Partnership has today announced that Capgemini, a leading global consulting, technology services and digital transformation company, has been selected to provide specialist IT application services to support the Partnership’s technology systems and business processes.
The John Lewis Partnership has today announced the creation of a new partnership with Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, to provide infrastructure services. This represents a significant step in the creation of
The John Lewis Partnership has today appointed Pippa Wicks as executive director for John Lewis. Wicks joins from the Co-op Group where she was deputy chief executive and will start her new role in August.
The John Lewis Partnership has appointed James Bailey as its new executive director, Waitrose. He joins from Sainsbury’s where he was buying director for Grocery and will start in the Partnership today.
Waitrose has recorded sales growth of 8% year-on-year since 26 January but sales at John Lewis are down 7% in the same period, according to a trading update from the John Lewis Partnership, issued alongside the publication of its 2020 Annual Report & Accounts.
The John Lewis Partnership has taken the difficult decision to temporarily close all of its 50 John Lewis shops at close of business on Monday 23 March as a result of the impact of Coronavirus. Johnlewis.com will continue to operate
To celebrate 20 successful years of the John Lewis Partnership’s unique volunteering programme - The Golden Jubilee Trust (GJT) - two charities have been chosen to work with the Partnership closely during 2020.
The John Lewis Partnership today calls on the Government to make all occupational health services tax exempt, to encourage employer investment in the physical and mental health of workers.
The John Lewis Partnership’s employees have donated over 24,500 hours in the last year through its Golden Jubilee Trust long-term volunteering programme - equivalent to 3,293 working days, and a record number of hours since the launch of the programme
The John Lewis Partnership has announced it will reduce its operational greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 at the latest, without purchasing offsets, in line with the pathway set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to
The John Lewis Partnership has achieved Disability Confident Leader status - the highest accreditation in the Department for Work and Pensions’ scheme which recognises and supports employers who recruit and retain people with disabilities.
Today, the John Lewis Partnership’s unique retail tech innovation programme - JLAB has launched a challenge to find leading start-ups and established businesses who are creating retail experiences which could shape how we shop in the future.
The John Lewis Partnership has announced today it will phase out all diesel-powered heavy trucks from its fleet by 2028. The move will see the company roll out over 500 new state-of-the-art Waitrose & Partners and John Lewis & Partners
Leading luxury retailer, Harvey Nichols, has launched a series of shoppable video brand collaborations using Smartzer’s award-winning interactive video technology. The shoppable skin is used to deliver a deeper brand experience, engaging customers in an innovative way and driving more
One of Britain’s most iconic and historic retailers - the John Lewis Partnership - today announced a £100,000 investment in two innovative tech startups following success in the retailer’s fourth annual accelerator programme - JLAB. JLAB is the largest retail tech
Global technology provider Virtualstock (VS) today announces its appointment by leading omni-channel retailer John Lewis, to provide a collaborative workspace for John Lewis and their suppliers. VS’s agile platform, The Edge, has been selected by John Lewis to develop the supplier
The John Lewis Partnership has joined forces with TrueStart, Europe’s only independent retail and consumer accelerator and investment fund, to find and fund the products, services and technologies which will define how we live in the future.
John Lewis Partnership has selected Gresham Computing’s Clareti Transaction Control solution (CTC) to automate complex aspects of the general ledger reconciliation. The system will replace manual spreadsheets and is expected to deliver significant time and cost savings to the business
With data from High Fliers Research suggesting Britain’s leading graduate employers received an average of 46 applications per post this year – up from 35 in 2008 – organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to identify the best graduate talent. In response,
John Lewis Partnership has announced former Olympic champion and world recorder holder, Sally Gunnell, will be the ambassador of its Partners in Sport programme, in the countdown to London 2012. Designed to enable its employee engage in
John Lewis has trained almost 200 partners as sports coaches over the past 12 months, providing over 40,000 hours of support to local communities as part of its Partners in Sport programme. Overwhelmingly, football was the sport of choice for
