Walmart is shuttering two fulfillment centers as the retail giant further restructures its supply chain.
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The company is closing an e-commerce fulfillment center in the Chicago suburb of Matteson, Ill., impacting 111 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice filed March 27. The closure comes as Walmart relocates operations at the warehouse to its 1.1-million-square-foot “next-gen” fulfillment center in Chicago-area Joliet, Ill…