Luxury Fashion Platform Cuts Jobs Despite Revenue Growth
- Farfetch making redundancies across London and New York teams
- Impact on marketing, tech, customer service, fashion styling, and product management roles
- Loss after tax of $174m despite 8% revenue increase
Farfetch is reportedly making redundancies across its London and New York teams as part of a restructuring effort, impacting an estimated 10 people from its marketing team in London and some workers in the tech team in New York. Roles in customer service, fashion styling, and product management have also been affected by the move. The luxury fashion platform reported a loss after tax of $174m for the first quarter ended 31 March 2023, despite a year-over-year revenue increase of 8% to $556.4m (£448.4m. Farfetch has been contacted for comment.
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