John Lewis now has a fully functional e-commerce website for you to shop online, secure in the knowledge that you are dealing with your favourite, tried and trusted department store.

The John Lewis Partnership is one of the UK's top ten retail businesses with 27 John Lewis department stores. Most of these trade as John Lewis but some trade under other names such as Peter Jones, George Henry Lee and Bainbridge. The stores are in a mixture of city centre and regional shopping centre locations. They are generally the largest or second largest department store in their local market. The flagship Oxford Street store remains the largest John Lewis outlet in the UK. The 27 John Lewis department stores, stretching from Aberdeen in the North East of Scotland to Bristol in the South West of England, have over 5 million square feet of space, offering the widest range of choice available from any British retailer. The stores are moderately upmarket and are perceived as a bastion of the British middle class. Click here for a full list of John Lewis department stores.

The John Lewis Partnership also owns more than 160 Waitrose supermarkets. Waitrose combines the convenience of a supermarket with the expertise and service of a specialist shop. Waitrose was the first ever winner of the title Organic Supermarket of the Year and has won the accolade Which? Supermarket Wine Merchant of the Year for seven years out of a possible eleven.

The John Lewis Partnership in an investor in and an operational partner of the Ocado internet grocery business, which supplies Waitrose brand food.

The John Lewis Partnership is also the country's largest example of worker co-ownership. All 60,000 permanent staff are Partners in the business. They believe that the commitment of Partners to the business is a unique source of competitive advantage which has fuelled 75 years of profitable growth and a reputation amongst customers and suppliers unparalleled in the UK retail industry.

History and Values.
It all began in 1864 when the first shop opened on Oxford Street. The first day's takings were 16 shillings and fourpence! Read the full history of the John Lewis Partnership at the John Lewis history of stores page.

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