
Amazon’s Shipping Costs Swell in Holiday Crunch
By: Greg Bensinger 1/29/16 Amazon.com Inc.’sAMZN -3.51% biggest quarterly profit and Wall Street’s swift punishment for missing expectations overshadowed a trend that is worth keeping an eye on. Shipping expenses rose again in the fourth quarter, and by a wider margin than many analysts expected. Overall shipping costs during the holiday quarter jumped 37% to $4.17 billion,
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