Buy.com / Rakuten lays off 87 employees — July 30, 2020
Buy.com / Rakuten, a retail company based in United States, laid off 87 employees on July 30, 2020. At the time, the company was at the Acquired stage. The layoff was reported by this source.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/30/rakuten-is-shuttering-the-online-shop-formerly-known-as-buy-com/
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