Peter Jones (department store)

Peter Jones is one of the largest and best known department stores in London. It is located in Sloane Square in the fashionable Chelsea district and close to the elite districts of Belgravia and Knightsbridge.

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Department store - London - Sloane Square - Chelsea - Belgravia - Knightsbridge

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Peter Jones was founded as an independent store but is now a part of the John Lewis Partnership. It is seen as rather exclusive, and a cut above the Partnership's other central London department store, the original and flagship John Lewis store in Oxford Street, and this is the main reason why the owners have kept its separate identity, rather than changing the name to "John Lewis" as has been done with the other independent department stores which have been purchased. However there is a certain element of marketing sleight of hand in this as the range of goods sold are actually much the same as at other John Lewis Partnership owned department stores. The store was given a major overhaul in the early years of the 21st century, and some departments relocated to nearby premises for a time.

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John Lewis Partnership - Oxford Street

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The other two main department stores in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Harrods and Harvey Nichols, are more upmarket.

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - Harrods - Harvey Nichols

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The building featured the first curtain walling in Britain and is a Grade II* listed building.

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Curtain walling - Listed building

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