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John Lewis reveals opening date for new Cheltenham shop

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Nicky Godding

The long-anticipated opening of the new John Lewis department store, its 51st store, will take place on October 18.

John Lewis is investing £23m in the 115,000 sq ft shop which will offer fashion, home and technology products and services.

The new store manager will be Martin Bundy. Martin has been a John Lewis Partner for over 18 years. He joined the Partnership as a shop floor assistant at the retailer’s Southsea department store and since then has held senior roles in several John Lewis shops including Southampton, Bluewater, Newbury and most recently managed John Lewis’s Chichester shop. During his career he has also held various project and branch development roles in the company’s head office.

Martin Bundy said: “I'm very proud to be given this great opportunity and excited to show the people of Cheltenham our new shop. Before we open we have a lot to do. As well as getting the shop ready we will recruit and train hundreds of new Partners ready to deliver outstanding customer service.”

The new shop will be the 51st shop to join the John Lewis estate.

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.

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