Amazon makes fresh job cuts, mainly in retail division

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 (Reuters) Amazon confirmed on Wednesday it had cut what it said were a small number of jobs, primarily in its ​Stores unit which oversees the main e-commerce website. The ‌layoffs to its retail unit coincide with one of Amazon s biggest shopping days, which it calls Prime Big Deal Days. The promotion started on Tuesday and runs through Wednesday, offering varying discounts. The cuts are ‌the ​latest in a series of small ⁠reductions since a larger ⁠round of 30,000 job cuts that began last year and continued into January. Some affected employees reached out to Reuters and shared posts from internal Slack channels about ​the news. Amazon let go fewer than 1,000 white-collar workers, a person familiar with the matter said. Business Insider ⁠earlier reported the layoffs. 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 in an emailed statement. Th