Department store John Lewis will open a shop next to the Olympic Park as part of its sponsorship of the London 2012 Games, it has been announced.
The shop in Stratford, east London, will open in 2011 and sell Games-related merchandise along with the John Lewis Oxford Street store.
In becoming the 26th domestic sponsor of the Games and London 2012’s Official Department Store Provider, John Lewis will be a key retailer for the estimated 10,000 licensed products which will be on sale by 2012.
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Sunderland boss Steve Bruce does not think Darren Bent has anything to prove when he returns to White Hart Lane this weekend. Bent has scored eight goals for the Black Cats this season and is in blistering form in the Premier League. Bruce suggests his form is proof enough that he made the right decision.
Bruce told the press: “I don’t think he has got anything to prove at all. He has done it all on the pitch over the last three or four months here.”
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