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Amazon continued to cash in on our new shop-work-relax-from-home habits in the first three months of this year, reporting a huge rise in sales and a tripling of profits.
Almost every aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic has served to boost the tech giant s revenues, from video streaming to grocery delivery.
It said it expects the boom to continue over the next few months.
The pandemic could herald a golden age for Amazon, one analyst said.
Amazon s are the latest blow-out results from Big Tech this week. Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google s parent firm Alphabet have all reported big sales increases a year after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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