John Lewis : A Chain Of Upmarket Department Stores

It is important for Tesco to have motivated employees which can help them succeed and gain awards for the best customer services. Tesco’s employees also need to help the customers and other stakeholders in order for them to return. This could also lead to people buying more shares in the business. The influence is customer satisfaction, stock, whether the customer returns because of Tesco’s quality products and prices or whether their service is good, if they don’t then Tesco’s customer service is not good enough.

The internal analysis of the company paints a picture of a firm that is well endowed with resources, both human and capital. The company boasts of an asset base of $11.4 billion according to the financial reports for the year 2012. This is huge, and it shows that the company is well grounded and has the capacity to gain a competitive edge in the highly competitive retail market in which it operates (Britton & Jorissen, 2007).

Highly skilled, loyal workers that provide steady employment throughout the year. Employees are the foundation of this firm and keeping them happy and loyal lowers the chances of disputes and improves production and efficiency.

John Lewis is a chain of upmarket store operating throughout United Kingdom and owned by John Lewis Partnership. John Lewis is the largest retailer in the UK and started trading in 1864 on London1s Oxford Street and a growing online business (John Lewis, 2016). The John Lewis Partnership is unique: it’s the UK’s largest example of co-ownership and its activities are governed by a principles-based Constitution (John , 2016).

In 2013, this department store has been celebrating being in business for 110 years. It also once lured its customers in with its famous discount pricing strategy and coupons. The retailer is J.C. Penney, a fixture at shopping malls across the country. In 2012, J.C. Penney rebranded itself by making the announcement that it wanted to become America 's favorite store by creating a specialty department store experience (JCP, 2013). Founder James Cash Penney began the company with a Golden Rule: treat others the way you want to be treated Fair and Square (JCP, n.d.).

John Lewis went on the blazes trail in the retail industry acquiring a number of businesses like Jessop & Son, Knight & Lee, Cole Brothers, George Henry Lee, Trewins, Robert Sable and Selfridge Provincial stores to create a conglomerate that would be everything to all customers. The Waitrose brand  itself was bought in 1944. All these brands remained true to their original visions and products. Waitrose is still a grocery store, a bigger one with over 350 stores in the UK. The brand name is as recognizable in the UK as Target is in the US.

The article further mentions, Sir Charlie Mayfield (2016) Chairman of John Lewis Partnership talking to the BBC on how the market is competitive and the company’s focus on future investment to improve its information and technology department, distribution network and staff pay. The author also claims that staff numbers would be cut as part

In the last part of the book, the author talks about small retailers and co-operators and their views regarding the monopolized retailers. This part also talks about the mass retailing business from a broader perspective. It turns out that the government did not want to intervene in the retail business and they were only able to bring in a tax reform for these big businesses. Even today, mass retailers still dominate the consumer landscape.

The John Lewis brand was founded in 1864 by John Spedan Lewis partnered with his two brothers in Oxford Street, London (John Lewis Partnership, 2013). As being the UK’s one of the leading department store retailer, John Lewis offers customers

Morrisons is the fourth largest chain of supermarket in the UK, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1899 by William Morrison. Until today, they operated more than 500 stores across the UK. According to statista, it shows Morrisons currently owns 10.8% of market share in the retail industry.

When companies fall behind in the market share, there is no magic wand to wave around, and with intense competition in the department retail business, it is a struggle to maintain profits, expand and modernize.

A medium sized suburban home comes into view; a light snowfall blankets the world in a sheet of cotton as the sounds of Christmas music fill the air. The street is covered in brightly colored orbs of light strung carefully from every rooftop. Despite the busy season, the air feels light with Christmas cheer as despite the chilly weather there is a feeling of warmth through every home. The Christmas season had finally arrived, coming into view as quick as a flicker of the home 's hearth. No matter where you go you can feel the spirit of the holidays throughout every home, every meal, and every celebration. The holiday season fills each and every person with emotion, an emotion that is hard to describe but everyone who has experienced the holidays knows. Trying to capture this emotion is difficult, yet sometimes his emotion can truly be harnessed and celebrated.

Woolworths is a conventional supermarket owned by Woolworths Limited. It started as a basement store in Pitt Street in 1924, and is now one of the leading competitors in the supermarket business. With over 850 stores in Australia, and 110,000 Woolworths staff, they provide

On the other, although the majority of the information shown in the case study presents arguments for the fact that it was inevitable that Woolworths would fail as a business, it is also shown that the company was once a reputable company and generated high levels of consumer demand through the customer being able to buy “pick-n-mix sweets, a DVD, a magnifying headlight and a cheese grater “ in the same store. The revenue generated within the first six months of 2008 was £1107 million, which suggested that the firm was able to sell efficiently to an extent. If the financial department at Woolworth’s had evaluated the balance sheet and income statement from previous years, they would have potentially been able to minimize the risk of the high expenses, reduced profit margins and overall prevent the administration of the company that occurred in 2008. This point therefore indicates that it was not entirely inevitable that Woolworths would fail as a business, as measures could have been carried

When Waitrose was taken over by John Lewis, the status of Waitrose improved in the eyes of the consumer and the market. With the help of John Lewis, Waitrose strengthened its supply chains