John Lewis Boss on Future of Department Store Chain

'Big announcements' planned for department store chain with flagship Wycombe shop

High Wycombe John Lewis store new brands amid £800m worth of revamps to the chain's 36 shops by 2029.

John Lewis considers opening new stores for first time in nearly a decade

John Lewis boss on future of department store chain

John Lewis boss Peter Ruis has revealed on £800m reboot for the department store chain that has an anchor store at the Westgate Centre

John Lewis mulls first new department stores in ten years

John Lewis is considering launching new department stores for the first time in almost ten years. Speaking to The Guardian, the brand’s managing director Peter Ruis said that expansion was “definitely something we are looking at”. “The store is a perfect invention, and we’ve seen only too well, coming back from Covid, how people have gravitated back to the stores,” he said. Ruis noted there were “definitely no plans to close anything” and that t…

‘Replacing The Old, Stuffy Department Store’: John Lewis Boss On Its Revamp

You may think the department store has had its day. Debenhams and Beales have left the high street, House of Fraser has closed almost two-thirds of its stores, and Fenwick has exited its prime London site. Peter Ruis, the managing (more…) The post ‘Replacing The Old, Stuffy Department Store’: John Lewis Boss On Its Revamp appeared first on KamCity.

John Lewis boss on future of department store chain

John Lewis boss Peter Ruis has revealed on £800m reboot for the department store chain that has an anchor store at the Westgate Centre