E-commerce giant Amazon Inc. is going to shut down a food delivery business it was testing in India. Amazon Food, a business the company was trialling in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, would be discontinued.
“As part of our annual operating planning review process, we have made the decision to discontinue Amazon Food,” said the company, which will take care of its current customers and partners. The business would be discontinued from December 29 onward.
Also Amazon is shutting down the Amazon Academy platform in India that was launched early last year amid a boom in virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. An uncertain macroeconomic environment is making the e-commerce giant review its global workforce, as the company plans to lay off around 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles, Reuters reported last week.