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Amazon cuts retail jobs amid one of its biggest shopping days

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FOX Local
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Published October 8, 2026 12:34 PM CDT
Published October 8, 2026 12:34 PM CDT
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The Brief

    • Amazon slashed roles in its retail division during the company’s Prime Big Deal Days event.
    • The organization’s latest job cuts follow a separate massive elimination of positions that occurred in January 2026.
    • Employees in the U.S., India and the United Kingdom are reportedly among those impacted by the job cuts.

Amazon announced a new round of jobs cuts, mainly in its retail division, which supervises the main e-commerce website. 

Reuters reported that ‌layoffs in its retail unit happened as the company wrapped up its October Prime Big Deal Days, one of the company’s largest shopping days, which offers bargains to consumers. 

Amazon job cuts

Dig deeper:

Amazon’s job cuts are the ​latest in a series of small reductions since a larger round ⁠of 30,000 job cuts occurred in 2025 continued into ​January. 

Amazon let go fewer than 1,000 white-collar employees, a person familiar with the matter said. Business Insider earlier reported the layoffs.

RELATED: Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs across company in latest round of layoffs

Customer service and selling partner services are expected to be affected, along with other units across the tech giant. 

Workers in the U.S., India and the United Kingdom are reportedly among those affected by the job cuts. 

What they're saying:

In an emailed statement from Amazon to Reuters, a company spokesperson stated, "We've ​adjusted parts of our Stores business because we believe this structure ​will better enable us to deliver on our priorities."

Previously, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos discussed the organization’s broader workforce reductions during an interview with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier on "Special Report."

Bezos said Amazon was in a "very special position" after significantly expanding its workforce during the pandemic, FOX Business reported. 

Earlier this year, Amazon slashed roughly 16,000 jobs in a separate round of layoffs for the tech company.

The Source: Information for this story was provided by FOX Business previous FOX Local reporting, and Reuters, which obtained an email statement from an Amazon spokesperson about the company’s job cuts. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.


 

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