It comes after the group's record costs and previous shop closures pushed it to an annual pretax loss on Thursday.

此前，該集團創紀錄的成本和之前的關店事件推動其週四出現年度稅前虧損。

The firm, which operates 42 John Lewis stores, permanently closed eight last July, impacting 1300 jobs.

該公司經營42家John Lewis門店，去年7月永久關閉了8家，影響1300個工作崗位。

It's been grappling with the fallout from the health crisis.

它一直在努力應對健康危機的後果。

The company said it's in talks with landlords, with final decisions expected by the end of March.

該公司表示，正在與房東談判，預計3月底前會有最終決定。

Its chairman described the situation as the greatest scale of change in the partnerships 156 year history.

其董事長稱這種情況是合夥企業156年曆史上規模最大的一次變革。

John Lewis shops are now held on its balance sheet at almost half the value they were before write downs this year and last.

約翰-劉易斯的商店現在在其資產負債表上的價值幾乎只有今年和去年減記前的一半。

The employee owned group, which also owns the Waitrose supermarket chain, said the outlook is uniquely uncertain as the country charts its exit from the latest lockdown.

這家員工所有的集團也擁有Waitrose連鎖超市，該集團表示，隨著該國從最新的封鎖中退出，前景是獨特不確定的。

It reported pre tax loss of $721 million for the year ending January the 30th, hurt by exceptional costs related to the store closures.

截至1月30日，該公司公佈的稅前虧損為7.21億美元，受關店相關的特殊成本影響。