Managing director Andy Street said the JohnLewis.com website is already 'well established' with overseas customers and this year he will set about preparing to launch a dedicated French website.
'That has appeared to be the most successful market for us,' he explained to the Daily Telegraph. He said the site would be in French and denominated in euros rather than pounds.
John Lewis says on its web site that it currently ships to 33 countries and offers delivery information in Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. It charges £7.50 for European orders and £25 for the rest of the world.
He described an agreement to wholesale to Korea as a 'success' and said there were similar deals in the pipeline with 10 other countries.
Street also said that, by 2020, online sales will account for about half of John Lewis revenues with the other half sold through stores. He said in a decade it would have around 65 stores, from 40 at present, with revenues of £7 billion rather than £4 billion.
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