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Smarter about retail

Posted by: Karen Johnson, Responsible Business Adviser, Posted on: 9 May 2014 - Categories: Economic Development

Since I wrote my first blog about my short-term placement in the John Lewis India Sourcing Office, I’m now several weeks smarter about the world of retail sourcing and how we might work together with retailers to deliver development results. …

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Finding out from the source

Posted by: Karen Johnson, Responsible Business Adviser, Posted on: 16 April 2014 - Categories: Economic Development
John Lewis staff at the India Sourcing Office. Picture: Karen Johnson/DFID

I’m writing this from John Lewis’s India Sourcing Office where I'm doing a 4 week short-term placement, to learn more about the world of retail. I'll use the experience I gain to improve how I do my own job of …

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