FedEx Eliminates 856 Jobs as Logistics Layoffs Spread Across Sector

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FedEx is laying off 856 employees in northern Texas as the logistics giant plans to close a facility in Dallas suburb Coppell.

The company is permanently shuttering the facility by April 29, 2026, with the phased layoffs starting Jan. 29. Roughly 60 employees will be let go to start, with the remaining terminations occurring separately over the next three months.

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“This action is necessitated solely by our customer’s decision to transition its business to a new location that will be managed by a new third-party logistics provider,” FedEx said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice to the Texas Workforce Commission. FedEx did not identify the customer.

According to FedEx, the employees were notified in advance, with some workers eligible for other roles within the company. The company said it will provide job placement assistance, relocation aid or severance, as applicable.

The layoffs come as FedEx has been making cutbacks elsewhere amid a wider network adjustment that expects to see the company close 30 percent of its package distribution facilities within two years. The Network 2.0 plan is designed to consolidate the FedEx delivery network with fewer stations and routes, and is expected to save $2 billion upon its completion at the end of fiscal 2027.

Earlier this year, the Memphis, Tenn.-based delivery courier cut 305 jobs at another site in Fort Worth, Texas, before cutting another 131 jobs at two other locations in nearby Garland and Plano.

And near its hometown, FedEx laid off 611 employees at two facilities in Shelby, Tenn. in October.

FedEx wasn’t the only company in the apparel supply chain experiencing layoffs in the Lone Star State last month.

Dillard’s is cutting 93 jobs starting Jan. 12, when the department store closes a location in Plano. That location served as an anchor store at The Shops at Willow Bend, which is being remodeled as more of a mixed-use development.

Management shakeup at Ceva on the horizon?

Another major logistics company is reportedly undergoing its own right-sizing at the management level.

Third-party logistics (3PL) provider Ceva Logistics expects to let go of “lots of key managers,” according to a Tuesday report from supply chain publication The Loadstar. That report indicates that a “raft of other managers” are either being targeted for layoffs, or expected to leave voluntarily.

The moves come more than a year after Ceva integrated Bolloré Logistics into its logistics services business. Parent company CMA CGM finalized the $5 billion buyout of Bolloré last February.

A prior report from The Loadstar indicated that Ceva’s senior vice president of air and ocean freight, Jerome Petit, left the company this month. Petit was formerly the deputy CEO of Bolloré ahead of the acquisition.

Jean-Philippe Retif, an account management leader that came over in the Bolloré deal, was let go, along with strategic account director Laurent Fourcade, the Loadstar report said. The report said “there’s a plan for more casualties among logistics managers” during the holiday season.

Sourcing Journal reached out to Ceva Logistics.

A report from FreightWaves in July indicated that the company’s North American segment was restructuring, citing an internal memo from Ceva CEO Mathieu Friedberg to employees.

Freiberg said in the message that the reorganization was designed to bolster “profitable growth, modernization and efficiency, and people” at the unit.

According to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), seasonally adjusted transportation and warehousing jobs across the board increased year over year in September to 6,709,900 employees. This is a 39,800 worker, or 0.6 percent, improvement over the 6,670,100 workers employed across the sector last September.

When accounting for just warehousing and storage, employment declined 2.1 percent year over year, or 38,500 employees, to 1,812,300 workers during the month.

Macy’s, Fanatics, Wayfair pare down warehouse employment

Throughout retail, companies like Macy’s, Fanatics and Wayfair have cut employment across their distribution networks in recent months.

Shortly after hosting the grand opening of its new North Carolina fulfillment and store replenishment center, Macy’s is shuttering a unit of a distribution center in Windsor. Conn. starting in late December.

According to a WARN notice, 106 employees will be impacted, 77 of them being warehouse associates. The job cuts are permanent, and will take place between Dec. 28 and Jan. 10. Macy’s is closing the unit since it is shuttering the entire Backstage operation at the warehouse.

For Fanatics, the sports apparel company is closing a Riverview, Fla.-based distribution center next year. In a WARN notice on Nov. 14, the retailer said 286 employees would be impacted by the closure, with the first batch of job cuts coming March 1. Terminations will be ongoing until the closing date of Nov. 14.

Last year, the brand closed a warehouse in Jacksonville, laying off 218 employees. The brand also operates a facility in Tampa, which opened in August 2024.

Wayfair is also closing a warehouse, resulting in the layoffs of 215 staff starting Jan. 1. Job cuts will be conducted in a phased approach throughout 2026, until the Erlanger, Ky. facility’s closure on Sept. 30.

The home and furniture retailer is closing the plant after it decided not to renew the facility’s lease “as part of our ongoing efforts to optimize our logistics network,” the company said in a statement.