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Olympic rower and former cabinet secretary made peers

Baroness Grainger, now chairwoman of the British Olympic Association, is Britain’s most decorated female rower.

Evening Standard

A John Lewis makeover: How I reinvented my personal style

Post Dame Sharon, John Lewis is returning to its roots, and customer service is forming the cornerstone of this renaissance.

Fortune

John Lewis Partnership "missed sales targets" in run up to Christmas

Shortfall will be a setback for the new leadership of the partnership

Evening Standard

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The people who shaped European business in 2024

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Secondhand Prada and cooking lessons? John Lewis gambles £800m on store makeovers

The retailer plans a dramatic rethink of the chain, to include spas, boutiques and talks by authors, after deciding ‘shops are here to stay’

The Guardian - UK

John Lewis Partnership axes chief executive role under new chair

Nish Kankiwala to become non-executive adviser as Jason Tarry accelerates turnaround plan

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet secretary contenders: who could be next top UK civil servant?

Ofcom chief executive Melanie Dawes and Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins could be among names in frame for key role

The Guardian - UK

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It’s not buzzy like M&S but John Lewis is improving

There are signs of greater self-belief and a token bonus doesn’t feel impossible after two years without

The Guardian - UK

‘On the front foot’: Waitrose boss confident chain is getting its mojo back

James Bailey is confident the market has swung in its favour, with more customers and plans to open new stores

The Guardian - UK

Waitrose to open 100 convenience shops in £1bn investment drive

Grocer’s five-year plan also includes up to four new big supermarkets as well as shop refurbishments

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet secretary contenders: who’s in line for top job in UK civil service?

Whitehall sources say it could be a more open competition than in past as Simon Case prepares to step down

The Guardian - UK

John Lewis is ‘back on track’, says outgoing chair Sharon White

Return to profit will enable ‘significant investment’, including Waitrose refurbs and more convenience stores

The Guardian - UK

John Lewis owner cut 3,500 jobs last year yet hired chief on £1.2m pay deal

Further job cuts likely as JLP says it is investing in automation as part of ‘simplifying the way we work’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Tesco man Jason Tarry looks to be just what John Lewis Partnership needs

After years of losses or low profits JLP has picked a chair who has deep experience of retailing at its most brutally competitive

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Evening Standard

New John Lewis chair has his work cut out

City Comment: Perhaps the greatest challenge for Jason Tarry is that the chair is no longer the undisputed kingpin at the retailer

The Guardian - UK

John Lewis staff brace for shake-up as ex-Tesco UK boss named group chair

Frontline retail veteran Jason Tarry will take over from Sharon White when she steps down in September

Evening Standard

John Lewis picks former Tesco UK boss to replace Sharon White as chair

White announced her departure late last year after a difficult spell in charge that saw the staff bonus scrapped in back-to-back years

The Guardian - UK

Panic over at John Lewis Partnership, but still a long way to go

The pre-tax profit of £56m lags well behind the £400m that the group calls a sustainable annual return

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John Lewis rules out Waitrose spin-off as it returns to profit

No bonus to staff for second year running

The Guardian - UK

John Lewis is back in the black, but the glory days of big bonuses seem far away

The group is expected to reveal a £25m profit this week, but it’s mostly thanks to rising revenues at Waitrose

Evening Standard

John Lewis 'culture clash' comes to a head over sex toys and trans magazine

The 160-year-old department store chain is taking flak again

Evening Standard

Peter Ruis returns to John Lewis and will lead department stores business

Former Jigsaw boss Peter Ruis has been appointed to lead John Lewis department stores, returning to the business where he once worked for nine years.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘Organised gangs’ are shoplifting to order in UK, John Lewis boss says

Groups of thieves are targeting high-value items such as bottles of spirits, warns the retail group chair Sharon White

The Guardian - UK

Was John Lewis boss Sharon White too clever for the cruel retail world?

The ex-civil servant took some tough decisions at the retail chain, but hired ‘theory’ people when she needed to get to grips with the detail, say insiders

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