High-end department store David Jones is cutting 120 jobs across its head office and some of its stores to slash costs as its sales are battered in the retail recession.

Thirty of the redundancies will come from the retailer's Melbourne head office, and the remaining 90 will be roles in various regional David Jones stores, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age has confirmed.

At least 28 staff at David Jones' Wollongong store in regional NSW have reportedly been made redundant.

A David Jones spokesperson said the redundancies reflected the company's "strong focus on cost at a challenging time for retail".