Amazon Lays Off Hundreds in Stores Division

Amazon laid off hundreds of people in its retail division today, a spokesperson confirmed.

“We’ve adjusted parts of our Stores business because we believe this structure will better enable us to deliver on our priorities,” a spokesperson said, adding Amazon is always looking at its team structures as it looks for ways to innovate for customers. “As part of these changes, we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles.

The layoffs follow mass layoffs in the past year – Amazon laid off 14,000 people in October and another 16,000 in January. At the time Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology, said it was not the company’s plan to make broad reductions every few months.

Still, the company has made some targeted cuts this year. Over the summer, Amazon cut staff working on its homegrown AI models, called Nova.