Tag: John Lewis & Partners

Waitrose & Partners and John Lewis & Partners outline measures to support NHS workers

Stuart Mitchell

From Monday 23 March, Waitrose shops will set aside a proportion of hard-to-find and essential products from every delivery that arrives into its supermarkets – exclusively for NHS staff, on production of an NHS card. Whenever available, Partners in shops will reserve core grocery items to help get crucial basics to hard-working NHS workers – who often do not have flexibility over what time of the day they can visit a supermarket. Also from today, NHS staff will be given priority checkout service in the retailer’s shops to ensure they…

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John Lewis & Partners and the National Childbirth Trust link up to support parents-to-be

Stuart Mitchell

Expectant parents will benefit from a two year partnership between John Lewis & Partners and the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) the UK’s leading charity for parents.  Through this partnership parents-to-be who are attending NCT Antenatal Courses will receive a John Lewis offer in the famous NCT ‘Gift Pack’. This will invite them to take advantage of free nursery advice from a specially trained John Lewis Partner, and offers worth £70 at one of  the 42 John Lewis shops which have a nursery advice service.  When expectant parents attend a nursery…

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John Lewis & Partners tests blueprint to encourage customers to ‘reduce, reuse and return’ packaging

Stuart Mitchell

John Lewis & Partners has launched a major pilot at its Oxford shop to encourage a ‘reduce, reuse & return’ culture among customers which could provide a blueprint for other shops.  The pilot will test eight ways in which the retailer and its customers can reduce their impact on the planet, potentially saving thousands of tonnes of plastic and packaging from going to landfill.    In a first for a department store, the shop has removed 5p plastic carrier bags to reduce the amount of plastic it produces.  The retailer…

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HRH The Duchess of Sussex And Smart Works Launch The Smart Set Capsule Collection To Prepare Unemployed Women For Job Success

Stuart Mitchell

HRH The Duchess of Sussex and Smart Works have collaborated with leading British fashion brands & designers John Lewis & Partners, Marks & Spencer, Jigsaw and Misha Nonoo to create a perfect working wardrobe for Smart Works clients. The capsule collection will be called The Smart Set and consists of the work wear essentials often needed to attend interviews and enter into the workplace: a perfect white shirt, an elegant blazer, well cut trousers, a dress that flatters everyone and the perfect tote. For every item bought during the sale…

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John Lewis Partnership announces ambitious plan for reducing HGV emissions

Stuart Mitchell

All John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners heavy delivery trucks will be switched to low-carbon biomethane-powered versions by 2028, cutting HGV emissions by over 80% The John Lewis Partnership has announced today it will phase out all diesel-powered heavy trucks from its fleet by 2028. The move will see the company roll out over 500 new state-of-the-art Waitrose & Partners and John Lewis & Partners delivery trucks powered by 100% renewable biomethane fuel, which significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Each new biomethane truck can run up to 500…

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