NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (the “Company” or “Staffing 360 Solutions”) (Nasdaq: STAF), a company executing a buy-integrate-build strategy through the acquisition of staffing organizations in the United States, today announced a targeted shift in its focus exclusively on its U.S. staffing business of Monroe Staffing Services, Key Resources, Headway Workforce Solutions and Lighthouse Professional Services, and that IPE Ventures has assumed ownership of the Company’s U.K.-based staffing operation.
After a thorough, strategic review of its business and current industry conditions, the Board of Directors of Staffing 360 Solutions (the “Board”) concluded that the Company will be best served by focusing solely on the U.S. staffing market, which is the largest such market in the world. The Board currently is evaluating various options through which the Company can successfully execute on this new strategy.
“The United States Staffing and Recruitment Market is projected to grow by 12.7% from 2022 to 2030 and divesting our U.K. business will allow us to focus our resources on the world’s largest and most dynamic staffing market,” said Brendan Flood, CEO and President of Staffing 360 Solutions. “We believe this strategy will give us enhanced insight into one marketplace and allow us to better concentrate on marketing our services and responding quickly to the needs of our U.S. clients.”
About Staffing 360 Solutions Inc.
Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. is engaged in the execution of a buy-integrate-build strategy through the acquisition of domestic and international staffing organizations in the United States. The Company believes that the staffing industry offers opportunities for accretive acquisitions and as part of its targeted consolidation model, is pursuing acquisition targets in the finance and accounting, administrative, engineering, IT, and light industrial staffing space.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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