{
  "id": 476313,
  "title": "John Lewis managing director Peter Ruis quits job after less than three years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/john-lewis-managing-director-peter-ruis-quits-job-after-less-than",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:04:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/john-lewis-managing-director-peter-ruis-quits-job"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Surprise departure comes after department store chain’s chair warned of ‘really tough trading conditions’ Business live – latest updates The managing director of John Lewis has quit the job after less than three years in charge of the British department store chain, as the company faces “really tough” trading conditions. Peter Ruis will leave the business in order to “pursue new projects”, John…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}