Sunday 4 May 2014

John Lewis 150 years

John Lewis won 'Retailer Week Awards 2014' and celebrates 150 years when the first shop opened in 1864. A success story that started with a man whom, as a child lived in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
John Lewis London
John Spendan Lewis had a vision of co- ownership, and how a business could put the happiness of its employees at the heart of everything it did, and profit by it.......leaving a radical mark on commercial history. 
John Lewis was born in Shepton Mallet, on February 24, 1836. 
(which house? can anyone confirm) info@no21.co.uk
John Spendan Lewis
He was the fifth of six children (and the only son) of a baker. The children were orphaned when John was seven and he was brought up by an unmarried aunt, Christian “Ann” Speed, and educated at the local grammar school.

John Lewis 2014 'For 150 years, you've never stood still. Neither have we'


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  1. Hi B, I got my first job working for John Lewis (first in Watford for Trewin Brothers, then transfered to JL Bristol) - A lovely company to work for, who make all their workforce 'partners'. I learned a huge amount from them about good retailing...It was always known that the customer was the most important. Niki

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