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Global Blue is the world’s leading shopping brand. We help stores increase their profits when dealing with foreign customers, and travelers enjoy shopping, famous brands and the best deals.

We have given the world the opportunity to Tax Free Shopping is more than three decades old. Since then, the company has grown into an international brand with a whole range of services that make communication between sellers and their foreign customers more convenient and profitable for everyone. We work with 300,000 stores in more than 40 countries, including many of the world’s largest retail stores and hotels. Our Shopping Guides and various printed materials are used by more than 45 million international travelers, and our customer information desks are located at 250 of the world’s leading airports. To learn more, just write to us at: marketing.russia@globalblue.com

By 1929, Spedan Lewis had expanded the small haberdashery store by renting the building where the poet Lord Byron was born in 1788. John Lewis became one of the first department stores on Oxford Street, providing stockings, clothing and household goods as haberdashery. 1933 saw the first expansion of the Partnership outside London with the acquisition of Jessop & Son in Nottingham and Lance & Lance in Weston Super Mare. In 1937, the partnership acquired Waitrose Limited. 1950 – The current John Lewis department store on Oxford Street was rebuilt after being hit by a bomb during World War II and reopened to the public in 1960. The John Lewis building on Oxford Street remains nearly the same 50 years later.

1961 - The John Lewis Partnership Company acquires 16th-century Brownsay Castle in Southern England; the castle is granted to all John Lewis employees as an exclusive holiday destination, including 2,500 workers at the John Lewis Department Store from Oxford Street. 1962 - After six years of approval of the project, Barbara Hepworth's sculpture "Winged Figure" was placed on the facade of the store. In 1973, John Lewis opened in Edinburgh as the first Partnership store built from scratch. In 1979, the Partnership Bonus exceeded 24%. In 1989, the color green diamond was used to write the name of the department store, making John Lewis one of the most recognizable brands in the UK.