John Lewis Partnership

The John Lewis Partnership is a major United Kingdom retailer, operating department stores and, through its Waitrose subsidiary, upmarket supermarkets. Unusually, it is a partnership, with the company held in trust on behalf of its employees (called partners) who receive an annual profit distribution which is usually a significant fraction of their annual salary.

Department stores

As of 2005 the partnership operates 27 department stores. Most of these trade as John Lewis but some trade under other names such as Peter Jones, Robert Sayle, Knight & Lee and Caleys. The stores are in a mixture of city centre and regional shopping centre locations. They are generally the largest or second largest department store in their local market. The flagship Oxford Street store in London remains the largest John Lewis outlet in the UK. The stores are moderately upmarket and are perceived as a bastion of the British middle class.

Related Topics:
As of 2005 - Peter Jones - Robert Sayle - Knight & Lee - Caleys - Oxford Street - London

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In Greater London

• Brent Cross
• Chelsea (under the Peter Jones name)
• Kingston-upon-Thames
• Oxford Street

In South East England

• Bluewater
• High Wycombe
• Milton Keynes
• Reading (under the Heelas name until 2001)
• Southampton
• Southsea (under the Knight & Lee name)
• Wallingford
• Watford (under the Trewins name until 2001)
• Welwyn Garden City
• Windsor (under the Caleys name)

In South West England

• Bristol

In the East of England

• Cambridge (under the Robert Sayle name) (New store opening in 2007)
• Norwich
• Peterborough

In the East Midlands

• Nottingham (under the Jessops name until 2002)

In the West Midlands

• Cheadle
• Solihull

In Yorkshire and the Humber

• Sheffield (under the Cole Brothers name until 2002)

In the North West

• Cheadle, Greater Manchester
• Liverpool (under the George Henry Lee name until 2001)
• Trafford Centre

In the North East

• Newcastle (under the Bainbridge name until 2002)

In Scotland

• Aberdeen
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow

In Northern Ireland

In June 2004 John Lewis announced plans to open its first store in Northern Ireland at the Sprucefield Park development, the province's largest out of town shopping centre, located outside Lisburn and ten miles from Belfast. The application was approved in June 2005.

Related Topics:
Northern Ireland - Sprucefield Park - Lisburn - Belfast

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In Wales

• Cardiff (planned, as part of the St Davids Centre - Phase 2 redevelopment)