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Retail analysts have been predicting a boom around this year's Black Friday as families feeling the squeeze look for the best pre-Christmas bargains.

Retail analysts have been predicting a boom around this year's Black Friday as families feeling the squeeze look for the best pre-Christmas bargains.

There are slurs, and then there's the ignominy suffered by one of Britain's most popular department stores following Carrie Symonds's arrival in Downing Street and a guest's description of the decor as a 'John Lewis nightmare'. The shame of it. But not for long. Consumers rallied because this was an attack on the spiritual home of Middle England; a mugging of sensible tastes and aspirations, an insult to vast swathes of the population for whom walking into a John Lewis store is like sinking into a hot bath on a cold night. Where has the Duchess of Cambridge been known to go for the odd spot o...

The firm is also reviewing its Never Knowingly Undersold price pledge, which has been in place since 1925, and is already cutting prices to widen its appeal.  It is thought that around eight of department stores will shut, on top of eight shops closed last year, as part of plans to cut £300million of annual costs. The retail giant did not say exactly how many of its 42 John Lewis shops will close, saying a final decision will be made at the end of March following talks with landlords. Such a move would likely result in hundreds of redundancies. It has already shed 1,300 shop staff and 1,500...

John Lewis as you knew it is already dead Reeling from a massive pandemic-induced loss, boss Sharon White is throwing everything at the company’s survival 11 March 2021 • 12:59pm This article is from The Telegraph’s City Intelligence newsletter. Sign up here for incisive analysis of the day's biggest corporate story from our chief City commentator Ben Marlow. John Lewis as you know it is already dead. The pandemic has seen to that. Middle England's favourite retailer was in trouble before Covid swept through the high street but the downturn has left it facing an existential crisis.  ...