John Lewis has announced it is permanently closing eight of its stores, putting 1,300 workers at risk.
The retailer said it had to"secure the business's long-term future and respond to customers' shopping needs".At Home stores in Croydon, Newbury, Swindon and Tamworth will also shut down, as will travel sites at Heathrow airport and London St Pancras.It said the eight stores affected were already"financially challenged" even before the pandemic struck.
However, Covid-19 had caused customers to move more quickly towards online shopping and away from stores. John Lewis Partnership chairwoman Sharon White said:"Closing a shop is always incredibly difficult and today's announcement will come as very sad news to customers and partners. "However, we believe closures are necessary to help us secure the sustainability of the partnership - and continue to meet the needs of our customers, however and wherever they want to shop."Related Topics
So sad 😢
johnlewis just so you know.
Too many big retailers clearing out employees under cover of Covid. Come on unions and local MPs let's see some challenges to this ...Boots really , John Lewis in Watford close to wealthy Herts, St Albans, massive store in popular Intu etc
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Not so dependable now! johnlewis
Perhaps the shareholders/CEOs/directors etc could assist? No?
There will be no high street retail left, as long as people keep buying on-line because 'for now' it's cheaper. 'Wall-e' world here we come
johnsweeneyroar Birmingham not been open that long, with whole complex built around it
This seems like another One of many companies who are using pandemic
So sad 😞
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So sorry 😐 for those poor people that are about too lose their jobs
At risk? Hardly “at risk” they are gone. Some will be able to move to other stores further away but then those stores will lose staff to compensate
This years Xmas ad is gonna be one of those “please donate £5 to help” jobs
But the Tories are doing a great job and we’ve got Brexit to look forward to.
BBCLondonNews Unemployment will kill far more than the chinese virus. Sad but true.
This has just sped up the inevitable.
Yikes
ChinaWillPay
The Christmas ad this year is going to suck
fun_qub
We'll look back on 2020 as the year Britain knowingly trashed its economy, education, culture and healthcare all in one hit.
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