Amazon is closing down its AmazonSmile program, a way consumers can donate a portion of the cost of their purchase to a charity. The company announced the move recently along with 18,000 layoffs.

After 10 years of limited giving, Amazon has decided to end its charitable donation program, Amazon Smile. The decision is a small cost-cutting move that the company or its customers will barely ...

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Given the tiny percentage Smile actually generates for the chosen charity, I'm not sure I even want to figure out how much I've spent to give that much. I'd be better off just abandoning Amazon ...

Online shopping giant Amazon announced on Jan. 18, 2023, that it would be closing down its popular AmazonSmile charity program. After launching in 2013, a letter from Amazon addressed to customers ...

Amazon.com Inc. is halting “AmazonSmile,” a decade-old charitable program that let customers pick a charity to receive a donation from the company equal to 0.5% of their purchases. The announcement, ...