River Island is set to cut another 110 roles under its restructuring plan as the total number of redundancies are expected to surpass 200 this year.
According to Drapers, the fashion retailer is in consultation with impacted head office employees. Though it is unclear which departments are affected.
It follows an earlier round of job cuts in January which saw around 100 staff members across the buying, merchandising and HR departments let go.
Further job losses are expected after River Island secured High Court approval for its restructuring plan that includes the closure of 33 UK stores and rent cuts across a further 71.
The retailer is expected to impose discounts of between 25% and 75% on its rent on 38 stores for 36 months, and will switch to zero rent on 24 of its units. Nine stores will receive full rent.
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Stores facing rent cuts include Altrincham, Bexleyheath, Biggleswade retail park, Birmingham Fort, Bournemouth Commercial, Bracknell, Bradford, Canterbury, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Chester Coliseum retail park, Craigavon, Doncaster, Dudley Merryhill, Durham Arnison centre, Eastbourne Inverness retail park, Liverpool Church Street and Llandudno.
River Island in Liverpool Church Street, Llandudno, Magherafelt, Maidstone, Mansfield, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes shopping park, Newry, Northampton, Oldham, Park House (Oxford Street), Preston Fishergate, Reading, Rugby, South Shields, Southampton, Stafford, Sunderland, Thurrock, Watford and Worcester will also see their rents reduced.
The locations of stores switching to zero rent are Barnsley Cortonwood, Basingstoke, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Bristol Longwell Green, Bromley, East Kilbride, Edinburgh Gyle, Enniskillen, Halifax, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough, Newport Friars, Newtownards, Omagh, Southend, Stirling, Swansea Oxford Street, Wakefield, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Wigan, Windsor and Wolverhampton.
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