John Lewis issues profit warning and closes Waitrose stores

By Richard Hook2018-06-27T09:58:00

John Lewis Partnership has issued a profit warning saying it expected its profits in the first half of the year would be “close to zero”.

John Lewis Parnership, which owns John Lewis and Waitrose, made £26.6m in the first half of last-year and cautioned that the fall in profits “isn’t a blip”.

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