John Lewis, Birmingham, United Kingdom

British retailer John Lewis has opened one of its largest department stores ever, in the just-opened Grand Central shopping center in Birmingham.



The four-level, 250,000-sq.-ft. department store has a strikingly contemporary design and features several new services and concepts, including a new fashion and lifestyle department, loved&found, and the first John Lewis-branded spa, &Beauty. There is also a market stall-styled food offering, The Place to Eat.



Andy Street, managing director of John Lewis, said that the new store sends a clear message that “physical shops remain as important to us as they do to our customers.”



John Lewis operates 45 John Lewis shops across the United Kingdom, 32 department stores, 11 John Lewis at home and shops as well as Johnlewis.com.