Apr 27, 2018 12:30:00

Amazon's sales reached about 5,570 billion yen and announced in the first quarter of 2018, AWS sales grew 49%

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Amazon announced the first quarter 2018 results, it turned out that sales increased 43% over the same period last year and reached $ 51 billion (approximately 5.57 trillion yen). Along with the sales of Amazon.com, sales of the cloud service Amazon Web Services (AWS) are expected to make a significant contribution.

Amazon.com Announces First Quarter Sales Up 43% to $ 51.0 Billion | Business Wire
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180426006732/en/Amazon.com-Announces-Quarter-Sales-43-51.0-Billion

AWS grows 49 percent in Q1 2018 to hit $ 5.4 B in revenue – GeekWire
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/aws-grows-48-percent-q1-2018-hit-5-4b-revenue/

Overall Amazon's sales in the first quarter of 2018 increased 49% to $ 51.0 billion from $ 35.7 billion in the same period last year. With sales expected to be $ 51-54 billion (about 5.57 trillion-59 trillion yen) this quarter, the stock price rose 7.1 percent on overtime trading.

One of the fastest-growing segments of Amazon's is AWS revenue, which is up 49% year-over-year. AWS sales were $ 3.660 billion (approximately 400 billion yen) in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, compared with $ 5.44 billion (approximately 5.9 billion yen) in the first quarter of 2018 degrees, and the whole 2017 Sales growth rate of 45%.

It looks like this graphing the growth of sales and operating income of AWS. The blue graph is sales and the red graph is operating income. Operating income in 2018 has reached $ 1.4 billion (about 153 billion yen), showing 57% growth compared to the previous year.

Amazon's Jeff Bethos said, “AWS has had an advantage seven years ago to face competition with others, and the team has never slowed down. As a result, AWS has But it has become the most evolved and feature rich service, AWS provides developers with choices and speed, and they are improving every day, so AWS has achieved remarkable growth Thanks to our AWS customers, and we guarantee that we will continue to work hard. '

AWS's sales in the last 12 months have reached $ 19.2 billion (about 2.10 trillion yen), and according to Amazon's CFO Brian Olssky, sales on a 12-month basis will be $ 20 billion by the end of the year. It is thought that it will reach 2,180 billion yen). AWS is included in the top three of Amazon's sales, and the big leap of AWS is said to be an example created by the Amazon Two Pieces rule .

On the other hand, it is reported that the annual fee for Amazon Prime will be raised from May 11, 2018 in the United States. In Japan, it is Amazon Prime for an annual fee of 3900 yen, but in the US it has been offered for $ 99 (about 10,800 yen), and the price is $ 119 (about 13,000 yen) with this price increase. 24% up. The monthly plan has been raised, but the annual plan has been raised for the first time since the service began in 2014. As for the reasons for the price increase, the Orsasky CFO has stated that the value to the customer has never been greater, and that the cost of shipping options and digital benefits has increased.

Amazon is increasing the cost of annual Prime memberships from $ 99 to $ 119-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17287528/amazon-prime-annual-membership-cost-increase-price-hike