Future Developments
In July 2011, John Lewis announced that it would be opening 10 new stores under a new smaller format in city centre locations over the next 5 years. The new smaller format department stores will hold John Lewis's core lines of Home, Electrical and Fashions, all tailored to the local area. However, the full line will still be available through online terminals within the store, as well as the "click and collect" service already available within other branches. With the first branch opening in Exeter on 12 October 2012, Andrea O'Donnell, commercial director, said the move would help John Lewis double its turnover from £3bn ($4.89bn) to £6bn over the next 10 years
John Lewis retain long-held plans to open a department store in Manchester city centre ever since the regeneration of the city centre following the 1996 Manchester bombing, but have not found a suitable site. They have countered the lack of city centre store by opening two large stores in Cheadle in 2000 and the Trafford Centre in 2005.
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