This comes after the business announced the closure of its edtech branch, Amazon Academy, as well as its food delivery service, Amazon Food.
As per the statement, the program will be discontinued in a phased manner “to take care of current customers and partners and we are supporting our affected employees during this transition”.
According to the statement, the firm constantly examines the development and potential of goods and services to provide customer value and makes improvements based on such evaluations.
Amazon stated it is still dedicated to the Indian market and would continue to invest in food, smartphones and consumer electronics, fashion and beauty, and B2B solutions like Amazon Business. Amazon Business is a B2B marketplace where third-party merchants sell only to business clients that is still in existence.
On November 24, it announced the closure of its edtech division, and on November 25, it announced the closing of its food delivery division.
According to a message delivered to restaurant partners, Amazon Food, which launched in May 2020, will cease to operate on December 29.
Amazon India has closed its third operation in a week, this time its B2B distribution venture Amazon Distribution. This comes after the business announced the closure of Amazon Academy, its edtech arm, and Amazon Food, its food delivery service.
Amazon Distribution was set up in three cities in Karnataka — Bengaluru, Mysuru, and Hubballi — to distribute commodities such as food and stationery to local Kirana businesses.
According to an Amazon spokeswoman, Amazon Distribution is being shut down as part of the annual operations planning review process.
“As part of our annual operating planning review process, we have decided to discontinue Amazon Distribution, our wholesale e-commerce website for small neighborhood stores in Bengaluru, Mysore, and Hubli,” according to a spokeswoman.
According to a letter from CEO Andy Jassy to staff, the company’s yearly planning process will run until 2023, implying that further job cutbacks would be made as changes are made. ” Those decisions will be shared with impacted employees and organizations early in 2023,” he said in his letter.
In India, an employee union, the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate, filed a complaint against Amazon stating that employees are being coerced to leave the firm, prompting the Labour Ministry to summon the corporation.
