Amazon to close online shop Book Depository in latest bid to cut costs

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Amazon is set to close its UK-based online store Book Depository at the end of April.

The closure is part of the tech giant’s bid to cut costs across the business, following a raft of job cuts globally including 18,000 announced in January and 9,000 announced in March.

The Gloucester-based online bookshop was founded in 2004 by former Amazon employee Andrew Crawford and his business partner Stuart Felton.

 

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