Amazon posts loss as ecommerce comes under pressure

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Amazon has reported a second consecutive quarterly loss, but sales beat expectations despite its online retail business declining.

The performance reflected factors such as the impact of inflation – which has prompted Amazon to increase Prime subscription fees – and a strong showing from the AWS cloud computing division.

 

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