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John Lewis & Co. Wimbledon, Wimbledon, London - a branch of John Lewis & Co. of Oxford Street trading in the early 20th century; sold to Kennards in the 1920s John Lewis & Partners Aberdeen / John Lewis Aberdeen, Aberdeen - opened 1989; closed 2020 [ 42 ]
John Lewis Kingston is a John Lewis & Partners department store in Kingston upon Thames, London, England. Opened in September 1990, the store is located adjacent to Kingston Bridge and The Bentall Centre. The building is bisected by the A308 road in tunnel at ground level, part of the Kingston one-way system.
John Lewis & Partners: Oxford Street, London: 1864 The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis owns 30 full-line department stores. Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original name, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000.
The stores are in a mixture of city centre and out-of-town shopping centre locations. The flagship Oxford Street store in London remains the largest John Lewis outlet in the UK. [36] 'John Lewis at Home' stores cater for areas which have no large John Lewis department store near them. The first store opened in Poole in October 2009. [37]
Peter Jones & Partners (formerly and commonly known as Peter Jones) is a large department store in central London. It is owned by John Lewis & Partners and located in Sloane Square, Chelsea. The store holds two royal warrants granted by Charles, then Prince of Wales, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
On 17 January 1981, the store closed for good with 253 John Lewis partners losing their jobs, with many being transferred to the Brent Cross Branch. [5] [6] However, on 2 February 1981 the store reopened as Waitrose John Barnes on the ground floor (the food hall had been previously in the basement) and continues to operate from there. [7]
As a number of the partnership's branches were disposed of, others enlarged and new stores built, Caleys became the smallest of the John Lewis department stores.. On 18 January 2006, John Lewis announced the closure of the store, stating that 'the location, size and layout of the building will always stand in the way of any prospect of a return to profitable trading'.
Founded as Lea Mills in 1784 by John Smedley and Peter Nightingale, it was in 1825 when John Smedley's son John took over the running of the business and started making clothing not just cloth. Operates a shop in Brook Street, London and concessions in several department stores. Paul Smith