Amazon axes charity programme amid wider cost-cutting moves

Amazon is ending a charity donation programme it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Amazon is ending a charity donation programme it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move.

In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said called AmazonSmile will shut down by February 20 because it has “not grown to create the impact” the retailer had hoped.