The closure of a John Lewis store is a body blow to any British town
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telegraph.co.ukHarrods to M&S, big temples to the fruits of our industrialised labour have woven themselves into the nation’s cultural fabric.
John Lewis did even more than provide us with a window on our relative wealth, its partnership structure gave us a uniquely British form of collectivism.That’s why it was surprising to hear how surprised the reporter on yesterday’s Radio 4 news show, at the responses to the firm’s announcement that it was closing some of its branches, with a combined loss of 1,300 jobs.The reporter sounded as though he’d anticipated a massive shrug from the citizens of Watford when he canvassed them for opinions - perhaps like Napoleon imagining that shopping was a pastime for little people.
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