Contract logistics provider GXO Logistics announced Wednesday it plans to close a distribution facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and lay off 211 employees.
The layoffs will begin March 6 and the facility will shut down by April 27, according to a filing with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Greenwich, Connecticut-based GXO (NYSE: GXO) said the Memphis facility’s closure was related to losing a contract customer at the site, which is located at 4795 Imagination Drive. The facility is listed as the Disney Distribution Center.
“We’re ending operations with one of our customers in the Memphis area. As a result, impacted employees will have the opportunity to apply for open roles and transfer to nearby GXO sites that serve other customers,” a GXO spokesperson told FreightWaves.
GXO has laid off more than 300 workers and ceased operations at several locations over the past year related to losing contract customers. Those facilities include logistics centers in Ohio, Texas and Maryland.
GXO is one of the world’s largest contract logistics providers, with over 130,000 global employees in 27 countries. It operates more than 970 warehouses.
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