EP149 - Amazon Q3 Earnings, UPU Treaty, News

The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News

Happy Birthday, to Jason's wife, Leila!

Scot Wingo is contributing the Forbes Digital Council, and writing about his new Vehicle 2.0 Framework. Introducing Vehicle 2.0. Jason Goldberg is also contributing to a regular retail column on Forbes, starting with his first article: What Competitors Are Missing About Amazon's New 4-Star Retail Concept.

Scot is appearing in a national TV spot promoting his alma mater, North Carolina State, "Think and Do!"

Jason is leading several sessions at GroceryShop October 28-31 in Las Vegas, including a keynote interview with Sam's Club Chief Merchant Ashley Buchanan.

Amazon Earnings:

• Amazon's third-quarter earnings beat Street estimates, but its revenue and fourth-quarter outlook fell short of expectations.
• Revenue: Revenue increased +29% Y/Y (+30% ex-FX) to $56.58B, 1% below the Street's $57.11B. 29% Revenue growth was below consensus expectations as Int’l revenue disappointed with a ~$1B shortfall.
• North America revenue (ex-AWS and ex-WF) of $30.10B was up 25%, in line with 2Q18 growth. International revenue of $15.55B was up 13% (+15% ex-FX), a notable deceleration from 27% growth in Q2 (+21% ex-FX). AWS revenue of $6.68B was up 46%, down from +49% growth in Q2 but in line with expectations. Physical Stores revenue of $4.25B was slightly ahead of consensus expectations.
• Amazon's "other" category, aka advertising, jumped 123% to $2.5 billion in revenue

• AWS revenue: $6.68 billion vs. $6.71 billion estimated, according to FactSet
• Net income, meanwhile, grew more than 10-times from the year-ago period, to a record-high $2.8 billion, marking the fourth straight quarter of topping $1 billion in profits. The $3.7 billion in operating income far-exceeded Street estimates of $2.1 billion
• GAAP Operating Income of $3.72B was higher than the Street's $2.12B. Gross margin of 41.7% came in above the Street's 40.5%. GAAP Operating Income margin of 6.6% was higher than the Street's 3.7%. Profitability, once again, was a positive surprise with Op Inc ~$1.5B ahead of consensus expectations,

Other News:

• Implications of the US pulling out of UPU Treaty
• Implications of Sears bankruptcy

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Episode 149 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, October 25th, 2018.

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Join your hosts Jason "retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.