What: Saks Fifth Avenue plans to lay off 90 employees and shut down its fulfillment center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania next year.

Why it is important: The closure of the fulfillment center will not impact the operations of Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks Off 5th stores.

According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice, the job cuts will begin on January 6 and continue with a second round on March 26. Saks will transfer the center's workload to other locations within its fulfillment network, as the Wilkes-Barre facility has become redundant. Employees were notified about the impending layoffs in September.

Saks to lay off 90 employees at Pennsylvania fulfillment center