Amazon said it's ending its 'AmazonSmile' charity program next year.

Amazon Closes AmazonSmile Charity Platform

Amazon announcing its ending its Amazon Smile charity program next month. Users donate by making purchases in selecting a charity to which amazon sent half a percent of the cost of the items. Amazon says more than 375 million has been donated since 2013, but that it, quote is not going to create the impact that we had originally hoped. End quote does come amid a wave of cost cutting measures at the e commerce giant, including layoffs of some 18,000 workers starting this week.