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Planned Amazon layoffs could hamper e-commerce, logistics

If Amazon goes ahead with mass layoffs to its retail division, the cuts could impact the firm’s e-commerce and logistics services.

Nikola Corp. is laying off 7% of its workforce and slowing electric production because making more increases the loss.

GXO Logistics is planning to lay off 262 employees from two warehouse operations in the Dallas area by Dec. 10.

As part of a companywide restructuring, Gopuff conducted another round of layoffs, primarily affecting its customer service team.

Trucking payments platform AtoB has laid off 30% of its employees, months after raising $155 million in funding.

Walmart is converting an Atlanta fulfillment center and letting go of nearly 1,500 warehouse associates.

“FedEx is not just making an investment. They are also rightly identifying tracking and visibility as vital areas in the supply chain,” says Cambridge Capital’s Benjamin Gordon.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress is cutting another 5% of its corporate workforce in the trucking company’s second round of layoffs in three months.

According to an email sent by FourKites founder and CEO Mathew Elenjickal and acquired by FreightWaves, the board of the Chicago-based company has requested a full “product portfolio review to align with market realities.”