Amazon shares has been  dropped close to 20% in after-hours trading on Thursday 

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company said recently that  its all-important holiday shopping season would be smaller than expected. 

After which there was a huge fall in the stock of this company.

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Amazon has struggled to contain costs as inflation and rising interest rates have taken their toll 

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The company has slowed the rollout of new facilities, leased out some warehouse space and enacted a hiring freeze in parts of its business.

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For the three months ending on 30 September, Amazon reported sales of $127.1bn, slightly less than analysts had expected 

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The company made a profit of $2.9bn after two quarters of losing money 

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But it was Amazon’s guidance on the holiday quarter that worried investors.

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