Amazon will be closing its charity program, AmazonSmile, in the coming weeks in order to “focus its philanthropic giving to programs with greater impact.”
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Amazon axes charity program amid wider cost-cutting moves
Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move.
Amazon axes charity program amid wider cost-cutting moves
By HALELUYA HADERO
AP Business Writer Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by February 20 because it had “not grown to create the impact” the retailer had hoped. The program allowed Amazon to donate a small percentage of eligible purchases to a charity selected by shoppers. “With so many elig…