John Lewis and Partners: applications for JLAB close 25 November

John Lewis and Partners are seeking innovative ideas to deliver more inspirational and immersive in-store shopping experiences.

Through JLAB, the start-up retail-tech innovation programme that is now in its fifth year, John Lewis and Partners is inviting disruptive companies to apply to give customers a different reason to visit their shops, create peak moments of emotional engagement and deliver tangible commercial results.

Start-up and established businesses are welcome to apply to JLAB if they feel they have a proposition that meets John Lewis and Partners’ objectives and meets certain criteria outlined in more detail here.

Successful applicants to JLAB will benefit from the chance to pitch their idea to key decision makers from John Lewis and Partners, the possibility to co-develop and trial their solution, office space in London and Bracknell and potential investment from the JLAB fund at the end of the project.

Applications close on 25 November. Apply here.