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Andrew Murphy named CIO at John Lewis Partnership

The John Lewis Partnership has announced Andrew Murphy as its next Chief Information Officer (CIO). Murphy, the company said, is currently group productivity director for the Partnership and will take up the CIO role on February 1, 2018. He will replace Paul Coby who will leave at the end of April 2018 after serving the company for last seven...

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John Lewis reshuffles senior management team

Department store group John Lewis has reshuffled its senior management team, promoting online director Mark Lewis to retail director, replacing Andrew Murphy, who has been appointed to the newly-created role of group productivity director. Murphy, who has held the retail director position for five years, will work closely with the Chairman’s...

Fashion

John Lewis' retail director to chair China visa campaign

John Lewis’ retail director Andrew Murphy has been named as chairman of the UK China Visa Alliance (UKCVA), the body campaigning for a streamlined tourist visa process to attract more Chinese tourists to the UK. Murphy, who has board responsibility for operation, performance and profitability of John Lewis’ 39 department stores, as well as the...

Design

John Lewis scraps 28 day refund limit

John Lewis has become the first major retailer on the high street to scrap the refund limit policy. The retailer has announced today that it will be abolishing the 28 day rule for ‘a never ending refund’ in a bid to encourage cautious shoppers in austere times. And the good news is that the new policy even applies to dresses and items bought...