Amazon on Thursday evening delivered a rare double miss. Shares of the e-commerce and cloud giant sank in after-hours trading as quarterly revenue and earnings fell short of estimates. Weaker-than-expected retail sales and advertising revenue offset strong Amazon Web Services numbers. Current quarter guidance also missed, though management was probably being conservative there. Revenue increased 12% year over year to $201.9 billion, missing the consensus analyst estimate of $202.3 billion, according to LSEG data. Earnings per share based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) fell 3% year over year to $1.89, missing the consensus estimate of $1.96, according to LSEG. Operating Income of $28 billion beat analyst forecasts by…
