{"id":2939,"date":"2022-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:41:55","slug":"amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech giant’s revenues grew at a sluggish 7% in the first quarter to $116.4bn as shoppers switch back to bricks and mortar<\/p>\n

Amazon announced its first loss since 2015 on Thursday as sales slowed, costs rose and its investment in electric vehicle company Rivian wiped out profits.<\/p>\n

The news sent Amazon’s shares tumbling by 10% in after hours trading.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tech giant’s revenues grew at a sluggish 7% in the first quarter to $116.4bn as shoppers switch back to bricks and mortar Amazon announced its first loss since 2015 on Thursday as sales slowed, costs rose and its investment in electric vehicle company Rivian wiped out profits. The news sent Amazon’s shares tumbling by 10% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAmazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10% - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10% - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tech giant’s revenues grew at a sluggish 7% in the first quarter to $116.4bn as shoppers switch back to bricks and mortar Amazon announced its first loss since 2015 on Thursday as sales slowed, costs rose and its investment in electric vehicle company Rivian wiped out profits. The news sent Amazon’s shares tumbling by 10% […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-28T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-28T14:41:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"84\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editorial Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editorial Team\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editorial Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/a67e7f1ec4654ee30ec6c9c2899a146e\"},\"headline\":\"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-28T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-28T14:41:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/\"},\"wordCount\":70,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Uncategorized\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/\",\"name\":\"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10% - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-28T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-28T14:41:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg\",\"width\":140,\"height\":84,\"caption\":\"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/\",\"name\":\"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North\",\"description\":\"Regional technology news - Midlands, North, North - TechSparx\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-Techsparx-LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-Techsparx-LOGO.png\",\"width\":248,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/a67e7f1ec4654ee30ec6c9c2899a146e\",\"name\":\"Editorial Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a63569d021e9997d4c4afa07a6940d5ec03d13725a97de06aace006fa15ebe5e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a63569d021e9997d4c4afa07a6940d5ec03d13725a97de06aace006fa15ebe5e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editorial Team\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10% - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10% - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North","og_description":"Tech giant’s revenues grew at a sluggish 7% in the first quarter to $116.4bn as shoppers switch back to bricks and mortar Amazon announced its first loss since 2015 on Thursday as sales slowed, costs rose and its investment in electric vehicle company Rivian wiped out profits. The news sent Amazon’s shares tumbling by 10% […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/","og_site_name":"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North","article_published_time":"2022-04-28T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-28T14:41:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":140,"height":84,"url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editorial Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editorial Team"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/"},"author":{"name":"Editorial Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/a67e7f1ec4654ee30ec6c9c2899a146e"},"headline":"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%","datePublished":"2022-04-28T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-28T14:41:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/"},"wordCount":70,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg","articleSection":["Uncategorized"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/","url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/","name":"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10% - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-28T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-28T14:41:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2788-1.jpg","width":140,"height":84,"caption":"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/amazon-sees-first-loss-since-2015-as-shares-tumble-10\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/","name":"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North","description":"Regional technology news - Midlands, North, North - TechSparx","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#organization","name":"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North","url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-Techsparx-LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-Techsparx-LOGO.png","width":248,"height":80,"caption":"Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/a67e7f1ec4654ee30ec6c9c2899a146e","name":"Editorial Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a63569d021e9997d4c4afa07a6940d5ec03d13725a97de06aace006fa15ebe5e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a63569d021e9997d4c4afa07a6940d5ec03d13725a97de06aace006fa15ebe5e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editorial Team"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north"],"url":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5676,"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions\/5676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}