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Re:How to avoid Amazon: guide to online shopping by three_seagrass on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:10AM (#23004327)
AMZN operating income (revenue sans cost of rev and opex) has been growing YoY for a while, so no, Amazon is making more money and being more efficient at making it.
Re:How to avoid Amazon: guide to online shopping by jedberg on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:40AM (#23004531)
You have no idea if that's true unless you have insider info. Things could have changed drastically this quarter.
Re:How to avoid Amazon: guide to online shopping by three_seagrass on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @11:46AM (#23008149)
You're free to fact check what I said, but please don't make an argument from ignorance. A QoQ difference is hardly as impactful as multiple YoY changes.
Re:How to avoid Amazon: guide to online shopping by jedberg on Thursday April 30, 2020 @05:38PM (#23036461)
Case in point, they just released their earnings. Revenue was way higher than normal, EPS was way lower than expected (off 30%) due to major COVID related costs. They also warned to expected even worse losses next quarter.