Alibaba's South Asian e-commerce giant Daraz announces layoffs in memo


Daraz Group chief executive officer James Dong Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg

KARACHI: Alibaba-owned e-commerce platform Daraz Group has announced layoffs across the group to "adopt a more streamlined and agile structure", acting Chief Executive Officer James Dong said on Tuesday in an internal memo to employees reviewed by Reuters.

The memo did not mention the number of people affected by the layoff. Daraz declined to comment on the percentage or absolute number of employees impacted across its operations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

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