Watford John Lewis store closure 'incredibly sad for our town'
John Lewis is to disappear from Watford as the firm closes eight stores around England, putting 1,300 jobs at risk. How will its loss affect the town and its high street?The town's John Lewis store can be seen not just from its ring road but from the West Coast Mainline, alerting rail travellers that they are just 20 minutes from London Euston.
But Mr Cuffy said he knew a lot of local people who worked there, and that a large number of staff going would affect the area's economy. She said she did not think it would be the end of the town's high street, but that those who travelled in just for John Lewis may not come back - and may head into London instead.
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