SSense Layoffs
Industry Retail · Location Montreal · Canada · Subscribe (RSS)
SSense has 2 publicly reported layoff rounds on record between January 27, 2023 and March 5, 2026. A total of about 353 employees were affected across these rounds.
Layoff history
Montreal luxury e-commerce retailer SSENSE cut 215 jobs in March 2026, citing "economic reasons," according to BetaKit. The reductions affected 169 staff at its Saint-Laurent warehouse and 46 at its Chabanel Street office, and came days after a Québec court approved founders the Atallah brothers' $78-million bid to repurchase the company, blocking lenders' push to liquidate its assets. Once valued at more than $5 billion in 2021, the retailer had filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2025 with roughly $387 million in assets against $371 million in liabilities. The founders committed to retaining about 760 employees after the buyback. Observers attributed the decline to shifting luxury consumer habits, rising interest rates and the elimination of the US de minimis tariff exemption. No severance details were disclosed.
Reason: economic reasons following founders' buyback out of bankruptcy protection
Source: betakit.com
SSense disclosed a workforce reduction affecting its Montreal operations in January 27, 2023. Approximately 138 roles were eliminated.
Source: betakit.com
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