John Lewis

John Lewis is a chain of department stores in the UK which, alongside grocery stablemate Waitrose, forms the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership. John Lewis was formed in 1846 when its eponymous founder opened a drapery shop on Oxford Street. John Spedan Lewis created the “never knowingly undersold” pledge in 1925 and made early moves to establish the partnership business model. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about John Lewis and the department stores sector.