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Lightspeed Commerce lays off 300 employees — January 17, 2023

Lightspeed Commerce, a retail company based in Canada, laid off 300 employees on January 17, 2023. At the time, the company was at the Post-IPO stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company

Lightspeed Commerce

Employees laid off

300

Date

January 17, 2023

Industry

Retail

Country

Canada

Company stage

Post-IPO

Total raised (pre-layoff)

$1200M

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightspeed-commerce-streamlines-operations-with-a-continued-focus-on-profitable-growth-301723292.html

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