Drapers - Frasers Group to cut design and editorial jobs


It’s understood the consultations started on 7 March and have an effect on workers throughout Frasers’ London and Shirebrook places of work.

Round 30% of workers within the groups can be affected, primarily impacting current hires. Managerial roles are mentioned to to be unaffected, based on Retail Gazette, which first reported the job cuts.

Frasers, which owns Flannels, Sports activities Direct and Home of Fraser, is implementing a wider restructuring effort, in an try to streamline operations.

In April 2024, Drapers reported that Frasers could be closing its Manchester workplace, impacting 100 jobs throughout Studio Retail and I Noticed It First. Simply two months later in July, it restructured its digital staff, risking 45 jobs.

Final week, Drapers realized that the group could be shuttering three of its Flannels Junior shops in Bluewater, Westfield Stratford and Westfield White Metropolis, inflicting additional redundancies. There are at the moment greater than 80 Flannels shops throughout the UK and Eire.

A Frasers spokesperson confirmed the job cuts however declined to remark additional.