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John Lewis is a doughty symbol of London retail, but that does not guarantee it a bricks-and-mortar future. Gamages on Holborn traded in everything from toys to supplying the army with catapults during the First World War, but was an anachronism in swinging London by the Seventies, while Dickins &…

Retail chief’s confused messaging has hinted at self-doubt and panic, even though the group is making reasonable progress

Every time the partnership lifts the lid on its challenges, there’s an echo of pre-overhaul M&S circa 2017

While local shops in countries such as France are protected, the UK is crippled by lax planning laws and sky-high business rates, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Sharon White is right – theft is ‘epidemic’ on the British high street. But more security measures won’t fix our unequal society, says an anonymous supermarket worker based in south-east England

The John Lewis Partnership added that investment in its strategy and customers was going to ‘take precedence’ over its annual bonus for staff.

“More loafers, fewer sofas” as customers hold off on big ticket purchases

Shares in UK chip designer are making a successful debut on the US stock market today, while UK blue-chip stocks post their best day since last November

Partnership says smaller first-half loss is optimistic sign but recovery plan likely to take two years longer than scheduled