Source-linked industry record
Retail & E-commerce layoffs
This page lists every layoff entry we hold for the Retail & E-commerce sector that still links to its original source. It is a record of what we have verified, not a complete count of layoffs in this sector.
5,391 recorded entries
1,437,690 jobs across 2,952 employers
6 entries the employer attributed to AI in its own words
Covering 2002 to 2027
Counted by the industry recorded against each entry, normalised to a fixed list of 22 sectors. Rollup records and the per-site notices they absorb are counted once. Open this filter in the full tracker.
US states affected here
- California 100,380 jobs
- Illinois 49,173 jobs
- New Jersey 46,349 jobs
- Texas 16,353 jobs
- Maryland 13,488 jobs
- Virginia 10,868 jobs
- Florida 9,362 jobs
- Oregon 9,184 jobs
- Ohio 8,416 jobs
- Indiana 8,172 jobs
Countries affected here
- United States 467,232 jobs
- United Kingdom 330,527 jobs
- Germany 120,113 jobs
- France 90,182 jobs
- Netherlands 49,955 jobs
- Poland 38,364 jobs
- Spain 31,560 jobs
- Austria 20,263 jobs
- Belgium 19,664 jobs
- Greece 18,559 jobs
Employers with more than one recorded round here
- Walmart 91 recorded rounds
- KMART 90 recorded rounds
- Sears Holdings Corporation 58 recorded rounds
- Amazon 53 recorded rounds
- Safeway Inc. 46 recorded rounds
- Macy's 44 recorded rounds
- Saks & Company LLC 44 recorded rounds
- Tesco 32 recorded rounds
- Shopko Corporate Office 32 recorded rounds
- Boardriders Wholesale, LLC 27 recorded rounds
- Nordstrom 25 recorded rounds
- Visionworks 25 recorded rounds
Recorded entries
Showing the 50 most recent of 5,391 recorded entries. See all of them in the tracker.
Amazon · 30,000 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“AI Spending Rises”
- Business explainer
- No archive snapshot yet. This source has not been checked yet; first check by 2026-09-12.
- Full entry on this site
The Vons Companies Inc. · 55 jobs
H&M Fashion USA, Inc. · 76 jobs
Kontorrama AS · 14 jobs
Amazon · 121 jobs
- GeekWire
- KING5.com
- FOX 13 Seattle
- bizjournals.com
- KOMO
- NEWStalk 870
- Benzinga
- The American Bazaar
- No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by 2026-09-13.
- Full entry on this site
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC · 39 jobs
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC · 14 jobs
Levi Strauss & Co · 303 jobs
Gunung Agung Bookstore · 350 jobs
The employer explicitly denied AI was a cause.
- VOI.ID
- No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by 2026-09-13.
- Full entry on this site
Frick Paper Company (Paper Mart) · 78 jobs
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC · 321 jobs
Young's Market Company, LLC · 78 jobs
Manor · 38 jobs
- Blick
- Tages-Anzeiger
- Watson
- No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by 2026-09-13.
- Full entry on this site
Edeka Nord · 240 jobs
Walmart · 88 jobs
Walmart · 1 jobs
Walmart · 1 jobs
Walmart · 54 jobs
Walmart · 49 jobs
Walmart · 3 jobs
Walmart · 68 jobs
Walmart · 63 jobs
Walmart · 67 jobs
RNDC of Kentucky, LLC · 174 jobs
Acme Markets Inc. · 115 jobs
Meubles Nouveau Concept Inc. · 22 jobs
Rozetka · 1,000 jobs
Family Dollar · 373 jobs
Essendant · 1,100 jobs
West Marine · 80 jobs
Nordstrom · 101 jobs
Coles · 1,000 jobs
ETSY INC · 220 jobs
Republic National Distributing Company New York, LLC. · 46 jobs
Republic National Distributing Company New York, LLC. · 86 jobs
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC · 39 jobs
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC · 14 jobs
NYDJ Apparel, LLC · 2 jobs
Safeway Store 0378 - Newport · 69 jobs
Recreational Equipment, Inc. · 72 jobs
PET CLUB · 6 jobs
Wal-Mart Canada · 99 jobs
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC · 267 jobs
NBC Manteca Merchants, Inc. · 68 jobs
John Lewis · 200 jobs
Dover Saddlery, Inc. · 112 jobs
Five Guys Operations - Store No. 1795 · 14 jobs
Tokopedia · 200 jobs
Autolöwen · 100 jobs
Vitacost.com, Inc. · 130 jobs
A state page link goes to that state's official WARN list and a data file link goes to the file it publishes. The notice was filed at that source; older notices roll into the state archive.
Other industries
- Manufacturing 15,848 entries
- Food & Hospitality 6,120 entries
- Healthcare & Pharma 6,016 entries
- Logistics & Transport 4,191 entries
- Technology 4,176 entries
- Finance & Insurance 3,551 entries
- Professional Services 2,774 entries
- Media & Entertainment 2,513 entries
- Energy 1,811 entries
- Airlines & Travel 1,607 entries
- Government & Nonprofit 1,594 entries
- Real Estate & Construction 1,471 entries
- Automotive 1,455 entries
- Aerospace & Defense 1,349 entries
- Education 1,172 entries
- Consumer Goods 1,090 entries
- Agriculture 704 entries
- Telecom 502 entries
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