John Lewis

The John Lewis store I am choosing to review is located in St David's Centre, Cardiff. John Lewis Cardiff recently opened it's doors on the 24th September 2009 and is Wales' largest department store. Myself and my boyfriend live in South Wales, so to visit John Lewis we would have to travel to Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, each time paying a small fortune in petrol and bridge toll. When the new John Lewis, Cardiff opened we were thrilled. It is only 10 minutes down the road from our house so we decided to check it out and also search for a watch for my boyfriends birthday. As John Lewis is such a large store with such a range of products and services I ...  Read the complete review

John Lewis is a department store with 29 shops around the UK. They offer a wide range of high quality goods in departments such as: gifts, lighting, pictures, china and glass, linens, haberdashery, furnishing and fabrics, womenswear, lingerie, beauty, nursery, menswear, audio, toys and kitches/kitchenwear. Within the store they stock not only their own range of goods but also other branded names such as, Jigsaw, Joules, Levi and Warehouse in clothing, Bobbi Brown, Clarins and Clinique in the beauty section and Bose, Apple and Canon in electricals. As you can acertain they sell a wide range of products from knitting needles and wool to high end ...  Read the complete review

Where would I be without John Lewis?! We are lucky enough to have one very close to us, so I do shop there quite a lot. For those who haven't been, John Lewis is a large department store, stocking all the things you would expect - baby items, clothing, shoes, toys, kitchenware, makeup, bags, sports equipment, school uniform, stationary, glassware and gifts. I'm sure I've missed some things out there, but you get the picture. John Lewis do tend to deal with the more expensive end of the market. The women's clothes in particular tend to be the more expensive brands such as Coast or Ted Baker, although ours does have Oasis and Warehouse. Similarly for children's ...  Read the complete review

John Lewis is one of the most recognisable and well known retailers inthe Uk with its large department stores. Unlike many large retailers though it is not a public limited company (PLC). This means that all its permanent employees (partners) have a say in the running of the business and also receive an annual profit distribution. The store is generally known for stocking a wide range of items which are of high quality and are also known to be quite expensive so it tends to appeal more to those at the higher end of the market. The company was founded in 1864 by who else but John Lewis himself who opened his first flagship store in the centre of London in ...  Read the complete review

One of my least favourite department stores to shop at if I ever do shop at John Lewis is extremely bland and boring. While Harrods is constantly under renovation, introducing new layouts and themes, John Lewis stores always remain stuck in a 1960's time warp. With regard to the range of products available inside a John Lewis store, there's not much to complain about. John Lewis stocks everything from fabric to perfume to the latest televisions. Prices also seem fairly standard for a department store. However a major flaw lies with the way John Lewis stores operate. The store is run as a co-op, everyone from the cleaner to the managing directors ...  Read the complete review