< Amazon.com has posted its biggest profit ever since its inception 26 years ago as sales increased online during the Corona Virus pandemic.

According to Reuters, the company said revenue jumped 40 percent from a year ago to $ 88.9 billion.

While traditional stores have had to stop during government-imposed closures, Amazon has employed 175,000 people in recent months and has seen a strong increase in demand for their services.

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Amazon had warned of a possible loss in the second quarter of the year due to spending about $ 4 billion on protective equipment for workers and other expenses linked to Covid-19. But the company made $ 5.2 billion in profit, twice the net profit a year ago.

Online store sales jumped 48 percent to $ 45.9 billion in the second quarter. The company expected net sales between 87 and 93 billion dollars for the third quarter. Analysts on average expected revenue of $ 86.34 billion, according to EBS data from Refinitiv.

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