MORNING NEWS: John Lewis in red amid Brexit fears

Good morning. In the news today, The Times reports that the employee-owned partnership behind John Lewis and Waitrose has suffered a half-year loss for the first time in nearly 50 years as it struggles with a fast-changing retail landscape. Also in The Times, Wm Morrison, Britain’s fourth biggest supermarket chain, is to extend its online partnership with Amazon as it reported disappointing sales compared with those in last year’s hot summer. Ocado split gets messier as Waitrose dumps Jonathan Faiman’s TDP Lower death rate knocks profits at Co-operative Group Topshop setback adds to pressure on Sir Philip Green’s retail empire