Back to school fever may depress thousands of school kids, but it's provided a much needed sales boost to Britain's high street shops. Department s...
This morning we had the pleasure of meeting the charming Alice Temperley at the launch of her new line Somerset at John Lewis. The quintessentially Br...
Consumers have become so disillusioned with banks that three-quarters would trust their cash to a department store, according to new research. In a...
John Lewis has announced a partnership with Barnes & Noble to sell its 'Nook' e-Readers and digital bookstore in the UK. Barnes & Noble said that t...
Supermarket giant Tesco has stolen the march on its rivals in the battle for convenient shopping by trialling virtual fridges at Gatwick's north termi...
Retailers suffered a "lacklustre" July as expectations of an Olympic boost appear to be "wide of the mark", a leading survey shows. Sales values ed...
A store overlooking the Olympic Park has begun charging customers for the privilege of looking out of its main viewing window. The John Lewis store...
It is not a good look for our country to still have the Church as legislators. I can't think of a less religiously-minded nation in Europe than England. We just don't give a toss about being told what to do by people in silly hats.
In 1916, Keds created a shoe with a soft rubber sole. Today you can find that sneaker on the cover of the Sleigh Bells' loud, new album 'Reign of...
You don't have climb Everest or eat a giant cactus for your cause (although either of those things would be awesome). It doesn't matter what your day job is, if you're driven enough to help and to make a change, then there's always, always something that you can do. Just think about it.
Private companies should be encouraged to take over and run state schools as profit making enterprises under a "John Lewis-style" business model, a th...
Tough economic conditions have triggered the "lipstick effect", with a rise in shoppers buying small beauty treats to cheer themselves up, retailers s...
A way of driving growth that avoids the corporate excesses of the past and addresses disparities in wealth and reward that are simply unfair - that is the holy grail of British politics today. The search appears under many rubrics: curbing crony capitalism, boosting boardroom responsibility, securing a fair deal for the squeezed middle.
Despite some glimmers of hope offered by bellwether retailers John Lewis and Next, analysts forecast "dark days" ahead for many high street chains in ...
Strong sales of clothes and electrical items helped department store John Lewis take more than half a billion pounds in an "outstanding" Christmas. ...
Icelandic Christmases stand out like a good deed in a naughty world and ever since I've returned from there, I'm droopy with the realisation that Blighty's is anaemic, commercial and sucky in comparison.
It's not like Christmas has been consigned to the attic with the tacky, old decorations but it does beg the question; is consumerism discarding Christmas as we know it and gradually turning it into one massive retail event? The balance with the Christmas and consumerism certainly needs re-adjusting.
Media magazine the Drum recently reported that contact lenses could give people social media updates in the future. These 'info-vision' lenses use a...
This being the modern era, John Lewis unveiled its new Christmas advert on the internet before unveiling it on our television screens. And this be...
Teenager Josh Butler has taken his job search to the next level - advertising himself on eBay for £16,000. The 18-year-old has put himself up for ...
John Lewis caught ours (and the whole of Twitter's) attention with their new Christmas video and reworking of The Smiths class, Please, Please, Let Me...
John Lewis has done it again. If there were ever a sign that the Christmas fever is on the way, the latest festive advert by John Lewis would be ...
John Lewis reported a 7.9 per cent year-on-year fall in weekly sales on Friday, a further indication of the gloom hitting the UK’s high street after...
Osman Yousefzada, a favourite designer amongst the likes of Samantha Cameron and Kate Moss, has designed a capsule collection for John Lewis. ...
Online sales across the OECD countries are expected to grow by more than 10% each year for the next four years. And that is during a most-countries re...
