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John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. On his father's death he formed the ...
Learn about the origins and evolution of the John Lewis Partnership, a business model based on employee ownership and co-decision making. Find out how John Spedan Lewis, the founder, set the principles and values that guide the Partnership today.
Aug 19, 2021 · The flair and hard work of Spedan Lewis turned John Lewis into middle England’s favourite department store chain. He was crazy about sport, opera and animals.
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Feb 15, 2023 · The couple had two children, John Spedan Lewis (born 1885) and Oswald Lewis (born 1887), both groomed for the business. John and son John Spedan quarreled, leading to the latter taking over at Peter Jones in 1916 as the two men couldn’t cooperate.
Sep 10, 2018 · John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963) Constance Lynn, John Spedan Lewis’s secretary and housekeeper from 1928 to 1961, remembers the Partnership’s founder. “We used to work in London during the week and go to Leckford, Mr Lewis’s country house, at the weekends, still working. It was a seven-day-a-week job. We were sometimes expected to work ...
In 1924, there was a reconciliation between John Lewis and Spedan Lewis. Trade at Oxford Street had fared better, and John Lewis made a cash injection into the Sloane Square business. In 1925, Spedan Lewis devised the slogan 'never knowingly undersold' at Peter Jones.
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Jun 1, 2018 · Learn about the founder and first chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, who cared for his employees and valued their feedback. Read a personal letter he wrote to a manager who was leaving the company in 1951.
