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Suffering John Lewis Stands At A Crossroads On The High Street

The retailer is eyeing a more online future. But as the last big department store standing, could it expand in the real world?

Read the full article on The Guardian website

NAM Implications:
  • Converting nearly 50% of its flagship store into office space…
  • …has to be a ‘home-working’ potential own goal.
  • i.e. there has to be a surplus of West End commercial space…
  • …as the inevitable conversion to home-working (say 25% of office workers, at least) evolves.
  • Quite apart from the department store business model being past sell-by.