Amazon confirms another round of Stores job cuts

Amazon confirmed a new round of job cuts and described the number of affected roles as small.[1] CNBC reported that the layoffs primarily affected Amazon’s Stores unit, which oversees its main e-commerce website.[1] Amazon said it was cutting some jobs in Stores on Wednesday, October 7.[2] A person familiar with the matter told CNBC that fewer than 1,000 white-collar workers were laid off.[1] That figure was reported by a source familiar with the matter, rather than provided in Amazon’s confirmation.[1]

CNBC reported that the cuts affected employees in the United States, India and the United Kingdom.[1] Internal Slack posts indicated that customer service and selling partner services were among the affected divisions.[1] GeekWire also reported that retail engineering teams were hit.[3] Quartz reported that affected employees learned of the cuts through emails saying their roles had been eliminated.[4] These reports identify some affected groups, but do not provide a full list of teams or a breakdown of the reductions by country.[1][3][4]

Amazon said it changed parts of its Stores business structure to better deliver on its priorities and would support affected employees through their transition.[3] The cuts came during Prime Big Deal Days, a promotion that started on Tuesday and ran through Wednesday.[1] CNBC described Prime Big Deal Days as one of Amazon’s biggest shopping days.[1] The reports establish the timing of the cuts and promotion, but do not say that the promotion caused the cuts or explain how the restructuring changes day-to-day work.[3][1]

GeekWire reported that the latest cuts followed Amazon’s elimination of about 30,000 corporate jobs across rounds in October 2025 and January 2026, which it described as the largest workforce reduction in the company’s history.[3] Separately, Quartz reported, citing Business Insider, that Amazon planned a record $220 billion investment in data centers, chips and other AI-related infrastructure.[4] GeekWire also reported second-quarter online store sales of $70.4 billion, up 15%, and third-party seller services revenue of $46.8 billion, up 16%.[3] The reporting does not establish that the job cuts were made to finance the planned investment.[1][4]