Amazon suffers 96 per cent drop in Q2 profits

Sooraj Shah
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$775m acquisition of Kiva is key contributing factor

Amazon's Q2 profits collapsed by 96 per cent drop compared to the same period last year, partly due ot its $775m (£493m) acquisition of robot technology company Kiva. The world's largest e-comme...

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