Amazon gave Wall Street analysts a reason to smile, but it can thank a business that has nothing to do with retail for much of the good news. The Wall Street Journal was giddy, writing of Amazon’s first-quarter performance, “Superlatives Read more
Amazon announced its fourth-quarter and full-year performance last week, and there was a lot to digest. EcommerceBytescovered the highlights of Amazon earnings from the seller’s point of view. While there’s a lot of buzz and conjecture about Amazon getting into other Read more
Amazon grew sales in North America by 28% in the third quarter year-over-year. The announcement came a day after eBay revealed a 3% increase in GMV for its US marketplace in Q3. Helping the company was the Prime platform and Read more
Amazon.com announced net sales grew 20% in the second quarter to $23.18 billion, year over year – but after excluding the impact of foreign exchange, it grew sales 27%. Those are impressive numbers these days in ecommerce. Worldwide unit growth Read more
People protested outside Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday while inside, shareholders passed proposals reelecting ten directors to its board and ratifying Ernst & Young LLP as its independent auditors. However, shareholder proposals failed to pass, according to Amazon spokesperson Read more
Amazon is hosting its annual shareholders meeting at the Seattle Repertory Theatre on Wednesday at 9 am PT (12 noon ET). Shareholders will vote on routine matters as well as four shareholder proposals dealing with issues from proxy access to Read more
The more than 2 million active sellers on Amazon accounted for 44% of paid units sold on the marketplace in the first three months of the year – up about 400 basis points from last year. The company announced first-quarter Read more
Amazon is benefitting from third-party merchants, who are increasingly adopting its FBA fulfillment service, according to Colin Sebastian of Wall Street firm Robert W. Baird. Baird’s Q1 survey of Amazon product selection suggests accelerating growth in selection on Amazon.com, as Read more
Amazon grew net sales by 15% to $29.33 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the Q4-2013, or 18% excluding the impact of foreign exchange. Net sales were up 22% in North America. While Amazon experienced a net loss in Read more
Amazon is experiencing positive growth trends in product selection as well as marketplace/FBA adoption, with no evidence of a slowdown, according to Baird analyst Colin Sebastian. The results of Baird’s eighth quarterly inventory survey showed expanding selection as a key Read more
