The Floor Room, John Lewis’ flooring concession operator, has collapsed.
Administrator PwC has closed the stand-alone Tottenham Court Road, London store and 34 John Lewis concessions run by Carpetright’s former experimental chain.
Some 201 jobs will be lost, some of which are former John Lewis staff who transferred across when John Lewis switched business model.
It collapse had been anticipated as it relied on Carpetright’s back office and logistics systems and would have been unable to function without finding a new owner.
Before the failure of Carpetright former parent Nestware transferred ownership of the The Floor Room brand from Carpetright to itself.
John Lewis has been contacted regarding the future of its flooring offer. part of the reason for John Lewis switching to the concession model that its systems were unable to cope with the number of SKUs found across modern flooring collections.
