アマゾン （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域s Q4 歳入 見積（る）s, but 利益（をあげる）s 低迷
NEW YORK (AP) - アマゾン on Thursday 報告（する）／憶測d worse-than-推定する／予想するd fourth-４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s, but its 歳入 （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 期待s 上げるd by sales in its cloud-計算するing 部隊 AWS, which is also seeing a slow-負かす／撃墜する in growth.
アマゾン said it earned $300 million, or 3 cents per 株, in the October-December ４半期/4分の1. 産業 分析家s were 推定する／予想するing the Seattle-based company to earn 17 cents a 株, によれば FactSet.
The e-商業 巨大（な） said its 底（に届く） line was dented by a $2.3 billion 令状-負かす／撃墜する of the value of its 在庫／株 投資 in electric 乗り物 startup Rivian 自動推進の.
アマゾン's fourth ４半期/4分の1 利益（をあげる）s 代表する a 重要な 減少（する） from the $14.3 billion it 地位，任命するd during the same period in 2021, when the company had a nearly $12 billion 伸び（る） from its 投資 in Rivian 自動推進の.
株 in アマゾン.com Inc. fell 4% in after-hours 貿易（する）ing.
At the same time, アマゾン said its 全体にわたる 歳入 rose 9% to $149.2 billion, higher than the $145.7 billion 分析家s were 推定する／予想するing. It said it 推定する／予想するs 歳入 of between $121 billion and $126 billion during the 現在の ４半期/4分の1. 分析家s had been 推定する／予想するing $125 billion.
The アマゾン DTW1 fulfillment 中心 is shown in Romulus, Mich., April 1, 2020. アマゾン 報告（する）／憶測s 財政上の 収入s on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
The 収入s 報告（する）／憶測 の近くにs a rough 2022 for アマゾン. The company's 在庫／株 lost nearly half of its value last year まっただ中に a broader sell-off of tech 株 tied to rising インフレーション, 利益／興味 率s and 関心s about the wider economy. On Thursday, it 地位，任命するd a loss of $2.7 billion for the 十分な-year.
"While some of this is 負かす／撃墜する to the company´s 投資 in Rivian, which is putting 重要な 圧力 on the 底（に届く） line, it is also （疑いを）晴らす that a 構成要素 減産／沈滞 across many parts of the 商売／仕事 is 原因（となる）ing かなりの 苦痛," said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData.
アマゾン has been struggling to 権利-size its 商売／仕事 in the past year as 消費者s pulled 支援する from the pandemic-induced move に向かって online shopping. To keep up with the 需要・要求する at the time, it 上げるd 雇うing at its 法人組織の／企業の offices and its 倉庫／問屋s, nearly 二塁打ing its 全労働人口 to more than 1.6 million by the beginning of last year.
But as its 小売 商売／仕事 冷静な／正味のd, アマゾン has been 試みる／企てるing to 抑制（する） expenses that have より勝るd sales in its North America and international 商売／仕事s since the fourth ４半期/4分の1 of 2021. It spent some of last year 減ずるing its 倉庫／問屋 全労働人口 through attrition, and 取り消すing or 延期するing 計画（する）s to open 倉庫／問屋s in different parts of the country. The company said Thursday its North America 商売／仕事 grew by 13%, but expenses still より勝るd growth.
アマゾン has been その上の 強化するing its 予算 by 除去するing 確かな parts of its 商売／仕事 and laying off 労働者s in the past few months まっただ中に rising 関心s about whether the U.S. will 下落する into a 後退，不況. In November, it began what would be the largest 始める，決める of 職業 削減（する）s の中で its 法人組織の／企業の offices, 推定する／予想するd to be over 18,000 職業s in total, によれば a 公式文書，認める to 従業員s by the company´s CEO Andy Jassy. Other tech companies that 雇うd 速く during the pandemic, 含むing Facebook parent Meta, Microsoft and Salesforce, have also been cutting 職業s.
Shoppers have been 減ずるing their spending in 最近の months まっただ中に high インフレーション and wider 経済的な 不確定. 小売 sales fell a worse-than-推定する／予想するd 1.1% in December, に引き続いて a 改訂するd 1% 減少（する） in November, によれば the 商務省.
To entice 予算-conscious shoppers, アマゾン, along with other retailers, began 申し込む／申し出ing holiday 取引，協定s in October. The company said in November it saw its biggest ever Thanksgiving holiday shopping period. But Thursday´s 報告（する）／憶測 shows its online 蓄える／店s 分割 fell by 2%.
"We saw 顧客s spend いっそう少なく in discretionary 部類s, 転換 to lower-定価つきの items and value-brands," アマゾン´s 長，指導者 財政上の Officer Brian Olsavsky said during a マスコミ call Thursday, 追加するing the company was seeing lower growth 率s 国祭的な as 消費者s abroad feel the 影響s of high インフレーション and the 経済的な repercussions of war in ウクライナ共和国.
まっただ中に the 消費者 pullback in online shopping, the company has relied on other profitable areas of its 商売／仕事 to 上げる its 歳入. アマゾン´s advertising arm saw a 23% growth during the fourth ４半期/4分の1, but it's been slowing in growth as 商売／仕事s 削減（する） their advertising costs. 一方／合間, its cloud-計算するing 部隊 AWS grew by 20%, compared to 40 % during the same period in 2021. Jassy said in an 収入s call with 分析家s on Thursday that 商売／仕事s that would use the service are 存在 more 用心深い and looking for ways to save money.
"We´re going to help our 顧客s find ways to spend いっそう少なく money," he said.
アマゾン's physical 蓄える／店s 部隊, which 含むs Whole Foods, grew by 6%. But Saunders said much of the could be tied to インフレーション rather than more sales.
