John Lewis is launching a consultation that puts around 200 jobs at risk following plans to close in-store service desks that provide gift wrapping and foreign exchange. The company says it will shut desks offering bureau de change services in 30 stores and specialist gift-wrapping services in 25 stores. Closures are planned for later this autumn.
The reported job impacts are linked to roles at these counters rather than broader store closures. Multiple outlets describe the changes as part of John Lewis’s restructuring of in-store services, affecting desk-based staff who operate the gift wrap and currency exchange facilities.
Coverage across outlets agrees on the key elements: the consultation process, the approximate number of jobs potentially affected, the number of stores involved for each service, and the autumn timing for the closures. Reporting also indicates that employees working at these desks are the primary group affected by the proposed shutdowns.
