Earnings Preview: Amazon to report 2Q results

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is expected to how hearty revenue growth when the online retailer releases its second-quarter results Tuesday.WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Investors will want to see continued strength in Amazon's two main retail categories: electronics and general <a href="http://afashionbuy.com/"><strong>Buy Discount Replica LV Handbags</strong></a> merchandise and books, CDs, DVDs and other media segments. These units tend to report strong <a href="http://www.afashionbuy.com/"><strong>polo t-shirt wholesale </strong></a> growth quarter after quarter.Investors will also be listening for any tidbits related to Amazon's Kindle e-reader, for which the company has never provided sales figures. Amazon calls the Kindle its best-selling product, and during the quarter the company said it was selling more of the e-books it offers for the Kindle than the physical hardcover and paperback books also carries.In hopes of spurring even more e-book sales, also during the quarter Amazon began selling even cheaper models of <a href="http://www.afashionbuy.com/Handbags-LV-Handbag-f2-39-c3-15.html"><strong>cheap lv handbags for sale</strong></a> the Kindle that are supported by ads.WHY IT MATTERS: As the world's leading online retailer, Seattle-based Amazon's quarterly results can indicate how the quarter may have gone for the rest of the online retail market.WHAT'S EXPECTED: Analysts polled by FactSet expect a profit of 34 cents per share <a href="http://galerija.myexit.org/displayimage.php?pos=-2275"><strong>Names of Oil Painting Artist,Claude Monet Popular Oil Painting ...</strong></a> on 9.37 billion in revenue, on average.LAST YEAR'S QUARTER: In the April-June quarter of 2010, Amazon earned 45 cents per share on 6.57 billion in revenue.