Christmas 2019 has paid off for many companies. Like Apple, Amazon posted more than satisfactory financial results.
Jeff Bezos’ merchant site saw its sales jump 21% compared to the same period in 2018. A result amounting to 87.44 billion dollars, one billion more than the figures expected by financial analysts.
Results that we owe to the growth of Prime subscribers. Amazon’s paid service now has 150 million subscribers, 50 million more than in 2018. Amazon announces it has drawn $ 5.2 billion from this service this year.
An increase which can be explained by monthly subscriptions approaching the holidays, to be sure of being delivered on time. Amazon also explains this increase by the introduction of its service in Brazil as well as by the improvement of its offer which includes more and more services.
In addition to overnight delivery, Amazon Prime includes a digital catalog of books and music, as well as Prime Video, a competitor to Netflix. In France, Amazon recently extended its Prime Now express delivery to Lyon.
” We’ve never seen so many people subscribe in a quarter Said Jeff Bezos, who recently saw his personal fortune increase by several billion. Satisfactory results although international activity posted a loss of $ 1.7 billion, without knowing which countries are in the red, as noted The echoes.
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