Why is the shop John Lewis called John Lewis?
Why is the shop John Lewis called John Lewis? The flagship store on Oxford Street began as a drapery shop, opened by John Lewis in 1864. In 1905 Lewis acquired a second store, Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. His eldest son, John Spedan Lewis, began the John Lewis Partnership in 1920 after thinking up the idea during his days in charge of Peter Jones. Do John Lewis own their stores? The John Lewis Partnership is the UK's largest employee owned business and parent company of our two cherished retail brands - John Lewis and Waitrose, which are owned in...