Over 15,000 layoffs in retail were announced in 2023 to date. 馃樁

This doesn’t cover the 18,000 job cuts in Amazon alone.

The retail sector follows big tech as layoffs reduce the turnover of capital and personal spending. 馃搲

David’s Bridal, one of the largest wedding businesses, filed for bankruptcy – with nearly 10,000 employees affected.

Zappos, known for its online-first model, had to cut 300 jobs as well.

We’re still early in Q2 and the job market looks gloomy. 馃寬

Smaller, more resilient digital businesses with lower operating expenses branch out to Shopify, Amazon, or WooCommerce stores, keeping COGS attainable and day-to-day manageable.

What other businesses got affected by the recession?

And dropshippers in my network – what niches still attract customers?

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Retail layoffs in 2023


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Mario Peshev is a 5x CEO and operator, founder of DevriX and Growth Shuttle, global value creation advisor, angel investor, and author of “MBA Disrupted.”

His original background in engineering rode the wave of IT entrepreneurship in the last 25 years, from product and service entrepreneurship through acquiring and selling businesses, to investing in global startups like beehiiv, doola, the Stacked Marketer, Alcatraz, SeedBlink.

Peshev spent over 10,000 hours in consulting and training contracts for mid-market and enterprise organizations like VMware, SAP, Software AG, CERN, Saudi Aramco since 2006. His books and guides are referenced in over 50 universities in North America, Europe, and Asia.


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