John Lewis
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.
All 68,000 permanent staff are Partners who own 26 John Lewis department stores, 183 Waitrose supermarkets, an online and catalogue business, John Lewis Direct (www.johnlewis.com), a direct services company, Greenbee (www.greenbee.com), three production units and a farm with a turnover of nearly £6 billion last year. Partners share in the benefits and profits of a business that puts them first.
When our founder, John Spedan Lewis, set up the Partnership, he was careful to create a governance system, set out in our Constitution, that would be both commercial - allowing us 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 us what we are today.
John Lewis - John Lewis, 'Britain's favourite retailer 2008'* typically stocks more than 350,000 separate lines. The website stocks more than 40,000 lines focused on the best of home and giftware, electrical items including online exclusives and fashion brands. http://www.johnlewis.com is consistently ranked one of the top online shopping destinations in the UK. We currently offer free delivery on all items purchased through our website.
*Verdict consumer satisfaction index, January 2009
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John Lewis Southampton
Address:
John Lewis
West Quay
Southampton
SO15 1QA
Tel: +44 23 8021 6400
www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk
