{"id":10055,"date":"2023-08-06T01:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T01:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/frasers-plan-to-merge-studio-retail-and-missguided-sparks-job-fears\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T01:30:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T01:30:47","slug":"frasers-plan-to-merge-studio-retail-and-missguided-sparks-job-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/frasers-plan-to-merge-studio-retail-and-missguided-sparks-job-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Frasers plan to merge Studio Retail and Missguided sparks job fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-141934\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Studio_Findel_website-3-1-1-1-1-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Studio_Findel_website-3-1-1-1-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Studio_Findel_website-3-1-1-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Studio_Findel_website-3-1-1-1-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Studio_Findel_website-3-1-1-1-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Studio Retail Frasers Group\" title=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Frasers Group is planning to merge Studio Retail with etail stablemates Missguided and I Saw It First, which has sparked redundancy fears at the firm.<\/p>\n<p>Studio Retail chief executive Paul Kendrick sent a letter to staff outlining Frasers Group\u2019s plans to merge the businesses, which he said would result in \u201csignificant cost efficiencies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the retailer would \u201cbenefit from the longer-term group investments in technology by working on a shared platform\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to LancsLive, the change is understood to involve moving the I Saw It First and Missguided business operations to a single structure under Studio Retail, covering all labels and brands.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sign<span class=\"x_al\"> up\u00a0here\u00a0to g<\/span><span class=\"x_al\">et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning<\/span><strong><span class=\"al\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Hyndburn MPs Sara Britcliffe and Graham Jones, as well as trade union USDAW are now working to try and stop redundancies at the company.<\/p>\n<p>USDAW area organiser Julia Baldwin said: \u201cIt is extremely disappointing that, after last year\u2019s large-scale restructuring, the company has again announced further changes affecting mainly the same staff\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Back in July, Frasers Group revealed it would be cutting more than 100 roles in its Manchester head office as it looked to streamline the business.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette\u2018s free daily email newsletter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frasers Group is planning to merge Studio Retail with etail stablemates Missguided and I Saw It First, which has sparked redundancy fears at the firm. 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