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...Closing quote — essential comment before you go Lombard Tesco’s full-year results should have been a valedictory moment for Dave Lewis....
...“Insane,” Mr Lewis said, never taking his eyes off his new coat....
...The group is also entering partnerships with other high street retailers, including a wholesale deal with US department store Nordstrom and concessions in John Lewis in the UK....
...E-John v Johnnie John, and its variants, is a powerful name in retailing, writes Kate Burgess....
...It followed a similar move by John Lewis, the employee-owned department store....
...Retailer John Lewis will charge a £2 fee for click-and-collect orders under £30....
...Last week, Diageo, the world’s largest distiller and owner of Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, said it would in future look to new contract terms and take 90 days to pay suppliers instead of 60....
...Asda and Sainsbury are also investing to bring down prices, and Dave Lewis, Tesco’s new chief executive, is expected to cut costs in order to put more firepower into cutting prices....
...Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button all got their start on the karting tracks of Europe. Could the name Daim Hishammudin be one day added to that list?...
...“To be fair to Lewis, he went for a move, and I’m guessing he thought I could see him,” Button says....
...Across the Atlantic, five of the US’s first six winners of the Nobel Prize for literature had drink problems: Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O’Neill, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck....
...Bobby’s talent is recognised by an astute London dealer, “Bent Lewis”....
...David Gates, global brand director for Johnnie Walker....
...More likely than Argos to be gracing coffee tables are the catalogues of John Lewis or Next – high-street stalwarts turned publishing phenomena....
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