EP305 - Amazon and Shopify Q1 2023 Earnings

EP305 - Amazon and Shopify Q1 2023 earnings 

Amazon and Shopify both reported their Q1 2023 earnings last week.

Amazon had a strong first quarter, slightly over-shadowed by it's slowing AWS growth.

Shopify also had strong Q1 2023 earnings although it did not achieve profitability. Shopify also announced a second reduction of headcount and announced that they were selling all of the recently acquired logistic assets.

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Episode 305 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, May 4th 2023.

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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.

Transcript

Jason:
[0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show, this is episode 305 being recorded on Thursday May 4th May the 4th be with you I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo.

Scot:
[0:39] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott showed listeners Happy Star Wars Day May the 4th be with you hope everyone had a great Star Wars Day Jason people can't see you but you are wearing your Jar Jar Binks cosplay.

Jason:
[0:53] I kind of assumed people just assume I'm always wearing that.

Scot:
[0:57] You should do the whole episode and jar jar speak well said Jason what's a new at the Amazon what.

Jason:
[1:10] I feel like people don't get the jar jar one I did I did do an act during covid-19 doing all this pitch theater online I did a pitch on Halloween in a Darth Vader mask.
And we won the pitch so I feel like I should be doing costumes more.

Scot:
[1:28] Awesome you guys intimidate them and it's called the Darth Vader intimidation closed when you wear the Vader the Vader suit.

Jason:
[1:34] Exactly exactly and it had the voice changing thing and so it is.

Scot:
[1:38] Honest I find your lack of faith yeah there's a lot of death lot of lot of puts you can use in a pitch.

Jason:
[1:48] Yes unfortunately not a large enough chunk of the total addressable Market are Geeks.
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