The John Lewis Partnership’s 70,000 Partners own the leading UK retail businesses – John Lewis (site: www.johnlewis.com) and Waitrose.
Their founder’s vision of a successful business powered by its people and its principles defines their unique company today.
The profits and benefits created by their success are shared by all their Partners.
The John Lewis Partnership is a visionary and successful way of doing business, boldly putting the happiness of Partners at the centre of everything it does.
It’s the embodiment of an ideal, the outcome of nearly a century of endeavour to create a different sort of company, owned by Partners dedicated to serving customers with flair and fairness.
When their founder, John Spedan Lewis, set up the Partnership, he was careful to create a governance system, set out in their Constitution, that would be both commercial allowing them to move quickly to stay ahead in a competitive industry, and democratic giving every Partner a voice in the business they co-own.
His combination of commercial acumen and corporate conscience, so ahead of its time, is what makes them what they are today.
John Lewis (site: www.johnlewis.com) began in 1864 with the opening of the first shop in London’s Oxford Street. ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’, their unique promise to their customers that the price of any item they sell will always be as low as the lowest price in the neighbourhood, has been their slogan for over 75 years.
Through the efforts of their Partners serving customers with their suppliers’ high quality goods, including plus size clothing, they have succeeded in building the largest department store retailer in the UK, with 32 John Lewis shops (28 department stores and four John Lewis at home) and a growing online business - johnlewis.com.
In February 2010 John Lewis became the Official Department Store Provider to London 2012.
They provide regular and plus size clothing in nothing less than excellent quality, with clothes been tailored specifically with different shapes and sizes in mind.
They have a year round clearance section, which features everything from clothing to electricals, homeware and beauty and fragrance items.
Unfortunately, John Lewis (site: www.johnlewis.com) does not deliver outside of the UK, or to Northern Ireland.
I never knew the history of John Lewis, very interesting. I never would have guessed they started way back in 1864.
John Lewis plus size collection is amazing. I wish he delivered to the USA, however I am making a trip to London this Spring and plan on visiting his shop. I am going to bring an extra suitcase just for his clothing!!!