Question: What British company that operates the John Lewis department stores was founded by William Crabtree?
Context: H & J Smith Ltd, branded as H & J Smith and known colloqually as "H&J's" is a company which operates in the lower South Island of New Zealand.  The company primarily operates Department Stores, but also some specialty stores and franchises (some within the main department stores).  The Department Stores are located in Invercargill, Dunedin, Gore, Queenstown, Te Anau and Balclutha.  There were also department stores in Nelson and Blenheim but these stores closed in March 2006.  H & J Smith has been operating since 1900. John Lewis (24 February 1836 – 8 June 1928) was the founder of the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, Londonand the national John Lewis department store chain. The John Lewis Christmas advert is a television advertising campaign released by British department store chain John Lewis in the build-up to Christmas.  John Lewis launched their first Christmas advert in 2007.  It has since become something of an annual tradition in British popular culture, and one of the signals that the countdown to Christmas has begun in the UK.  The adverts tend to attract widespread media coverage and acclaim upon their release. Paula Margaret Nickolds (born February 1973) is a British businesswoman.  Since January 2017, she has been the managing director of the John Lewis department store chain. William Crabtree (1905–1991) was an English architect.  His reputation rests mainly on his Peter Jones Department Store, Sloane Square and King's Road, Chelsea, London (1932–37), designed for John Spedan Lewis (1885–1963), the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. The John Lewis Partnership PLC (JLP) is a British company which operates John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets, its banking and financial services, and other retail-related activities.  The company is owned by a trust on behalf of all its employees — known as "Partners" – who have a say in the running of the business, and receive a share of annual profits, which is usually a significant addition to their salary.  The JLP group is the third largest UK non-traded company by sales in the "Sunday Times" Top Track 100 for 2016.  The chain's image is upmarket, and it appeals strongly to middle- and upper-class shoppers.  Recently, John Lewis has broadened its marketing strategy towards all types of buyers, with the introduction of the 'Value' range to John Lewis and the 'Essential' range to Waitrose, and the expansion of the business. John Lewis is a chain of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom.  The chain is owned by the John Lewis Partnership, which was created alongside the first store in the mid-1800s.  The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London.  The chain's slogan is "Never Knowingly Undersold" which has been in use since 1925. Filene's was an American department store, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts; it operated throughout New England and in New York.  It was owned by Federated Department Stores from 1929 until 1988, at which time it was acquired by The May Department Stores Company.  In 2005, Federated Department Stores bought May Department Stores, which resulted in Federated reacquiring Filene's.  In September 2006, Federated retired the Filene's brand and converted the majority of its stores to Macy's over the course of 2006-07. Bainbridge's was a major department store in Eldon Square in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.  The store, which is now branded as John Lewis Newcastle, moved to its current site in 1974, but the company dates back to 1838.  It claimed to be the first true department store in the world, having begun recording weekly turnover separately by department in 1849.  In 2002, after a vote by store employees, the owner John Lewis changed the official name to John Lewis Newcastle. NewCore Outlet (뉴코아아울렛) is a South Korean retail company owned by E-Land Group.  The company runs NewCore Outlets (뉴코아아울렛) and NC Department Stores (엔씨백화점).  The company was originally owned by NewCore Group, which owned several NewCore department stores throughout the country.  After NewCore Group was dishonored in 1997, E-Land Group mergered NewCore department stores.  Some of the department stores were changed into fashion outlets, after being renamed as NewCore Outlet or 2001 Outlet, which is also run by E-Land Group, while some remained department store, but they were renamed as "NC Department Store."
Answer: John Lewis Partnership