John Lewis Named Official Retailer of 2012 Olympic Games
The Telegraphreports that John Lewis has been named the official retailer of the 2012 games. John Lewis will also furnish the Olympic site in London in 2012.
The company will also become the official retailer of London 2012 merchandise, dedicating about 5,500 square feet of its Oxford Street and Stratford stores in London to selling, mugs, clothes, sports equipment, homewares and jewellery. Some of the products, yet to be designed, will be exclusive to the department store.
In addition, John Lewis is seconding many of its 30,000 staff to the games, who could work for the organising committee for at least a year leading up to the games in the summer of 2012. "We have staff with up to 30 years' experience in logistics, warehousing, recruitment and other areas," said Rob Hennesy at the store. "We think we have a lot to offer."
Lord Coe, the chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic games (Locog), said: "The difference between a good and a great games is that you need to focus on the quality of the volunteers. And this [John Lewis] is an organisation that can do this."
The official London 2012 Olympics website contains a press release about the announcement of John Lewis as the official department store provider for the games.
The Telegraph 
