Amazon.com Inc's forecast for third-quarter sales missed Wall Street expectations on Thursday, as consumers return to brick-and-mortar stores after shopping more online for the past year due to the pandemic.

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Shares of Amazon, which is only USD 170 billion away from joining the USD 2 trillion market cap club, were down 5 percent in extended trading.

The company expects current-quarter sales between USD 106 billion and USD 112 billion, or to grow between 10 percent and 16 percent.

Analysts were expecting USD 118.90 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

The speedy vaccine rollout and easing of restrictions have led consumers to venture out to stores, while adapting new ways of shopping such as click-and-collect, in competition with fast delivery services for online orders provided by Amazon and its peers.

The company also reported a rare quarterly sales miss, amid competition from retailers such as Walmart Inc and Target Corp that have ramped up their online businesses over the past year.

Amazon's net sales rose to USD 113.08 billion in the second quarter ended June 30 from USD 88.91 billion, a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected USD 115.20 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.