Apple to cut a 'small number' of jobs in some retail teams

In the wake of cuts at other tech giants, this is Apple's first known internal shedding of jobs 

Apple employs around 6,000 people in Ireland, the majority of them in its Cork City campus. Picture: Dan Linehan

Apple Inc is eliminating a small number of roles within its corporate retail teams, according to sources with knowledge of the matter, marking its first known internal job cuts since it embarked on a belt-tightening effort last year.

The company is shedding positions in what it calls its development and preservation teams, according to the sources, who asked not to be identified because the move hasn’t been announced.