The best discovery of the tour was an unknown viewing pavilion on the third-storey of the John Lewis department store in the year-old Westfield Stratford mall.

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In 2007 he persuaded a buyer at John Lewis Partnership, a department store owner, to carry two styles of Hunters at its store in Reading, England, the site of an annual music festival.

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Although it is most associated with the department store John Lewis, the application has been made by the developer Sprucefield Centre Ltd.

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At the same time, the Times newspaper reported that department store group John Lewis was considering raising its staff retirement age from 60 to 65.

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Last week, department store group John Lewis reported a 13% rise in total sales for the five weeks to the end of December, with internet sales up 44%.

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The Lib Dems said they were keen to draw lessons from the success of the employee ownership structure of the department store giant John Lewis and other companies with significant employee share ownership.

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John Lewis has withdrawn its plans for a department store at Sprucefield, near Lisburn.

BBC: John Lewis withdraws plans for store at Sprucefield

"John Lewis has reiterated its continued interest in opening a new department store at Sprucefield, " they said.

BBC: John Lewis withdraws plans for store at Sprucefield