Amazon Retail Division Lays Off Hundreds

IT Home reported on October 9 that Amazon confirmed a new round of layoffs on Wednesday local time, mainly in its Stores division, which is responsible for its e-commerce website. According to internal Slack posts seen by Business Insider and Reuters, Amazon's customer service, selling partner support and retail engineering teams were also affected. Both media outlets, citing people familiar with the matter, said fewer than 1,000 employees were affected. The layoffs took place during the "Golden Big Deal Days" held on Tuesday and Wednesday. An Amazon spokesperson said in an email statement on Wednesday evening local time that the company adjusted part of its Stores business and made a difficult decision to eliminate a small number of positions, pledging support for affected employees through their transition. The internal Slack posts showed affected employees were located in the United States, India and the United Kingdom. Amazon has not yet filed a notice with Washington state's Employment Security Department. The layoffs follow Amazon's cuts of about 30,000 corporate positions in October 2025 and January 2026, the largest in the company's history. Since then, Amazon has carried out smaller layoffs in areas including robotics and general AI divisions. Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos discussed the earlier layoffs in a Fox News interview broadcast on Wednesday local time, predicting that AI will make the economy so efficient that many people will work fewer hours, making it difficult for companies to hire. This information comes from the original source and was compiled by AI.