Andy Street news and archive

John Lewis MD Andy Street quits to pursue political career

The John Lewis Partnership has said that Andy Street will step down as Managing Director, John Lewis on October 28, 2016. Street is set to leave his role following a 31 year career with the John Lewis Partnership, which includes a nine year tenure as the managing director at John Lewis, after he was selected as the official Conservative Party...

People

John Lewis boss to stand for West Midlands Mayor

Department store John Lewis has confirmed that managing director Andy Street is “interested in running” for the office of the Mayor of the West Midlands. Street has informed the John Lewis chairman that he would apply to be the Conservative mayoral candidate, adding that if he is selected as the party’s choice, he would step down from his John...

People

John Lewis’ Andy Street to advise government

Andy Street, managing director of department store John Lewis, has been named as a lead non-executive director of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), and will advise government departments as they prepare to implement spending cuts. Street, who has been managing director of John Lewis since 2007 and is a respected figure...

Fashion

John Lewis boss honoured by Queen

Andy Street, managing director of department store John Lewis, is among the recipients in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours, which recognises the achievements of a wide range of “extraordinary people” across the UK. Street has been awarded a CBE for his services to economic growth and for chairing the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local...

Retail

John Lewis's Andy Street warns of the dangers of Black Friday

Andy Street, managing director of British department store group John Lewis, has been open with his thoughts regarding the upcoming retail bonanza Black Friday, despite the borrowed shopping trend helping the group achieve its record breaking sales week. Street has warned other retailers on the dangers Black Friday may cause in the future, after...

Design

London's West End to receive solid investment

London's West End is to receive £25 million of investment over the next five years after retailers in the area voted to keep New West End Company as the management and promotional company for the shopping district. The company has confirmed plans for continued developments across main Regent Street, Oxford Street, Bond Street and 22 connecting...

Design

John Lewis opens flexible format in Exeter

John Lewis has opened the first of its new full line flexible format department stores in Exeter today. The new store will sell the full John Lewis assortment in a format which sits between a John Lewis 'at home' and a traditional John Lewis department store in terms of size. The branch has created around 300 new jobs for local people. John...

Design

John Lewis reports outstanding Christmas trade

John Lewis has reported ‘outstanding’ trade over the Christmas period – a 9.3% year-on-year rise in total sales. Sales reached £596 million in the five weeks to 31 December while like-for-like sales were up 6.2%. Online sales in the period were up 27.9% on last year and have now exceeded £600 million for the year to date. Andy Street, John Lewis...

Fashion

John Lewis' new multi channel ways

Leading high street department store, John Lewis, is currently making a big push to integrate multi channel shopping methods into their store service. Over the next 12 months, the retailer will start a roll out of bespoke like stores to mix in localised products and to support multi channel operations, whilst they will also introduce virtual...