Wal-Mart's five e-commerce logistics centers will lay off hundreds of people.

(Associated Press)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] The wave of layoffs in the United States continues. The retail giant Walmart (Walmart) announced again that in order to adjust manpower and reduce the company's labor expenditure, it will lay off hundreds of people in its five e-commerce logistics centers in the United States.

According to a Reuters report, Wal-Mart said it would abolish 5 locations including Pedricktown, New Jersey; Fort Worth, Texas; Chino, California; Davenport, Florida; These laid-off employees were required to find jobs in other branches of the company within 3 months.

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A Walmart spokesman said the move was a redeployment, not a layoff, because the affected employees are still eligible for employment at Walmart's remaining 5,000 U.S. stores.

Wal-Mart previously predicted that sales growth will slow down this year. In addition, Wal-Mart has also invested heavily in automation technology in recent years to reduce manpower for processing e-commerce orders. These may be the main reasons why Wal-Mart decided to adjust the number of employees.

The report pointed out that Wal-Mart has always been regarded as an "economic wind vane". The layoffs may mean that the U.S. economic prosperity this year is not optimistic. Many economists predict that the U.S. economy may fall into recession this year.

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