Strategic Analysis of the John Lewis Partnership plc

Research Paper from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: 1.0, Northumbria University (Newcastle Business School), course: Strategic Management and Leadership, language: English, abstract: London-based John Lewis Partnership plc (JLP or 'the company') is a leading UK retail chain, operating through the business divisions Waitrose and John Lewis. JLP's retail services cover a wide range of products, including clothing, furniture and home technology on the department store side and upmarket food on the grocery side. Whereas most competing supermarkets, such as Tesco, and traditional department stores, such as Debenhams, are stock-listed companies, JLP is owned by its 93,800 employees whooperate 43 John Lewis, respectively 337 Waitrose stores dominantly in the UK.