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Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales up 25% to $38.0 Billion

July 27, 2017 4:01 PM

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2017.

Operating cash flow increased 37% to $17.9 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $13.0 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2016. Free cash flow increased to $9.7 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $7.7 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2016. Free cash flow less lease principal repayments increased to $5.5 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $4.2 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2016. Free cash flow less finance lease principal repayments and assets acquired under capital leases decreased to $1.5 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $2.9 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2016.

Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 502 million on June 30, 2017, compared with 495 million one year ago.

Net sales increased 25% to $38.0 billion in the second quarter, compared with $30.4 billion in second quarter 2016. Excluding the $502 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales increased 26% compared with second quarter 2016.

Operating income decreased 51% to $628 million in the second quarter, compared with operating income of $1.3 billion in second quarter 2016.

Net income was $197 million in the second quarter, or $0.40 per diluted share, compared with net income of $857 million, or $1.78 per diluted share, in second quarter 2016.

“Our teams remain heads-down and focused on customers,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “In the last few months, we launched Echo Show (our newest Echo device with a video screen), introduced calling and messaging via Alexa on all Echo devices, debuted Inside Edge on Prime Video (the first of 18 Indian Original Series), introduced Amazon Channels in both the U.K. and Germany, launched four new Fire tablets, expanded Amazon Fresh to Germany, launched Prime Now in Singapore, launched our 25th airplane with Prime Air, hired more than 30,000 new employees, opened three new Amazon Books stores, launched more than 400 significant AWS features and services, migrated more than 7,000 databases using AWS Database Migration Service, and held our third annual Prime Day — signing up more Prime members than ever before. It’s energizing to invent on behalf of customers, and we continue to see many high-quality opportunities to invest.”

Highlights

Financial Guidance

The following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com’s expectations as of July 27, 2017, and are subject to substantial uncertainty. Our results are inherently unpredictable and may be materially affected by many factors, such as fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, changes in global economic conditions and customer spending, world events, the rate of growth of the Internet, online commerce, and cloud services, and the various factors detailed below. This guidance excludes the impact of our proposed acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Third Quarter 2017 Guidance

A conference call will be webcast live today at 2:30 p.m. PT/5:30 p.m. ET, and will be available for at least three months at www.amazon.com/ir. This call will contain forward-looking statements and other material information regarding the Company’s financial and operating results.

These forward-looking statements are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially for a variety of reasons, including, in addition to the factors discussed above, the amount that Amazon.com invests in new business opportunities and the timing of those investments, the mix of products and services sold to customers, the mix of net sales derived from products as compared with services, the extent to which we owe income or other taxes, competition, management of growth, potential fluctuations in operating results, international growth and expansion, the outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment, sortation, delivery, and data center optimization, risks of inventory management, seasonality, the degree to which the Company enters into, maintains, and develops commercial agreements, proposed and completed acquisitions and strategic transactions, payments risks, and risks of fulfillment throughput and productivity. Other risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to new products, services, and technologies, system interruptions, government regulation and taxation, and fraud. In addition, the current global economic climate amplifies many of these risks. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

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AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in millions)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, Twelve Months Ended June 30,
2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 12,470 $ 15,440 $ 15,890 $ 19,334 $ 10,269 $ 12,521
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income 857 197 1,370 921 1,931 1,922
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development, and other amortization, including capitalized content costs 1,909 2,633 3,736 5,068 7,087 9,448
Stock-based compensation 768 1,158 1,312 1,952 2,461 3,615
Other operating expense, net 53 60 97 102 166 164
Other expense (income), net 32 (120 ) (18 ) (160 ) 121 (162 )
Deferred income taxes 106 376 117 354 243 (8 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Inventories (57 ) (682 ) 712 265 (2,167 ) (1,874 )
Accounts receivable, net and other (1,184 ) (1,242 ) (772 ) (248 ) (2,538 ) (2,842 )
Accounts payable 977 2,088 (4,793 ) (4,777 ) 3,377 5,046
Accrued expenses and other (15 ) (252 ) (972 ) (1,657 ) 1,007 1,039
Additions to unearned revenue 2,340 3,047 5,154 7,100 9,355 13,877
Amortization of previously unearned revenue (2,208 ) (3,434 ) (4,318 ) (6,681 ) (7,994 ) (12,340 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (1) 3,578 3,829 1,625 2,239 13,049 17,885
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development, net (1,711 ) (2,501 ) (2,890 ) (4,362 ) (5,395 ) (8,207 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other (14 ) (633 ) (30 ) (678 ) (452 ) (765 )
Sales and maturities of marketable securities 931 2,293 2,069 4,202 4,249 6,866
Purchases of marketable securities (1,645 ) (4,210 ) (2,281 ) (5,829 ) (4,762 ) (11,304 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (2,439 ) (5,051 ) (3,132 ) (6,667 ) (6,360 ) (13,410 )
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from long-term debt and other 66 66 75 90 202 636
Repayments of long-term debt and other (70 ) (54 ) (245 ) (122 ) (1,366 ) (232 )
Principal repayments of capital lease obligations (1,116 ) (1,228 ) (1,917 ) (2,060 ) (3,298 ) (4,003 )
Principal repayments of finance lease obligations (32 ) (47 ) (61 ) (85 ) (108 ) (170 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (1) (1,152 ) (1,263 ) (2,148 ) (2,177 ) (4,570 ) (3,769 )
Foreign currency effect on cash and cash equivalents 64 248 286 474 133 (24 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 51 (2,237 ) (3,369 ) (6,131 ) 2,252 682
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD $ 12,521 $ 13,203 $ 12,521 $ 13,203 $ 12,521 $ 13,203
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest on long-term debt $ 143 $ 146 $ 145 $ 150 $ 301 $ 295
Cash paid for interest on capital and finance lease obligations 48 62 95 123 180 234
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds 88 447 226 693 380 879
Property and equipment acquired under capital leases 1,422 2,724 2,297 4,612 4,676 8,019
Property and equipment acquired under build-to-suit leases 231 748 582 1,948 870 2,575
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(1) As a result of accounting guidance adopted in Q1 2017, we retrospectively adjusted our consolidated statements of cash flows to reclassify excess tax benefits of $113 million for the three-months ended June 30, 2016, $320 million for the six-months ended June 30, 2016, and $323 million for the twelve-months ended June 30, 2016 from financing activities to operating activities.
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2016 2017 2016 2017
Net product sales $ 21,116 $ 24,745 $ 41,697 $ 48,479
Net service sales 9,288 13,210 17,835 25,190
Total net sales 30,404 37,955 59,532 73,669
Operating expenses:
Cost of sales 19,180 23,451 38,047 45,891
Fulfillment 3,878 5,158 7,565 9,855
Marketing 1,546 2,229 2,982 4,150
Technology and content 3,880 5,549 7,405 10,363
General and administrative 580 874 1,077 1,669
Other operating expense, net 55 66 100 109
Total operating expenses 29,119 37,327 57,176 72,037
Operating income 1,285 628 2,356 1,632
Interest income 24 44 45 83
Interest expense (116 ) (143 ) (233 ) (282 )
Other income (expense), net (14 ) 137 66 185
Total non-operating income (expense) (106 ) 38 (122 ) (14 )
Income before income taxes 1,179 666 2,234 1,618
Provision for income taxes (307 ) (467 ) (782 ) (695 )
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax (15 ) (2 ) (82 ) (2 )
Net income $ 857 $ 197 $ 1,370 $ 921
Basic earnings per share $ 1.81 $ 0.41 $ 2.90 $ 1.93
Diluted earnings per share $ 1.78 $ 0.40 $ 2.84 $ 1.87
Weighted-average shares used in computation of earnings per share:
Basic 473 479 472 478
Diluted 483 492 482 491
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(in millions)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2016 2017 2016 2017
Net income $ 857 $ 197 $ 1,370 $ 921
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of $36, $(2), $13, and $(15) 11 194 113 381
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax of $(17), $3, $(17), and $2 31 (6 ) 37 (8 )
Reclassification adjustment for losses (gains) included in “Other income (expense), net,” net of tax of $0, $0, $(1), and $0 1 2 2 5
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities 32 (4 ) 39 (3 )
Total other comprehensive income (loss) 43 190 152 378
Comprehensive income $ 900 $ 387 $ 1,522 $ 1,299

AMAZON.COM, INC.

Segment Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2016 2017 2016 2017
North America
Net sales $ 17,674 $ 22,370 $ 34,670 $ 43,362
Operating expenses 16,972 21,934 33,380 42,330
Operating income $ 702 $ 436 $ 1,290 $ 1,032
International
Net sales $ 9,844 $ 11,485 $ 19,410 $ 22,546
Operating expenses 9,979 12,209 19,665 23,752
Operating income (loss) $ (135 ) $ (724 ) $ (255 ) $ (1,206 )
AWS
Net sales $ 2,886 $ 4,100 $ 5,452 $ 7,761
Operating expenses 2,168 3,184 4,131 5,955
Operating income $ 718 $ 916 $ 1,321 $ 1,806
Consolidated
Net sales $ 30,404 $ 37,955 $ 59,532 $ 73,669
Operating expenses 29,119 37,327 57,176 72,037
Operating income 1,285 628 2,356 1,632
Total non-operating income (expense) (106 ) 38 (122 ) (14 )
Provision for income taxes (307 ) (467 ) (782 ) (695 )
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax (15 ) (2 ) (82 ) (2 )
Net income $ 857 $ 197 $ 1,370 $ 921
Segment Highlights:
Y/Y net sales growth:
North America 28 % 27 % 27 % 25 %
International 30 17 27 16
AWS 58 42 61 42
Consolidated 31 25 30 24
Net sales mix:
North America 58 % 59 % 58 % 59 %
International 32 30 33 31
AWS 10 11 9 10
Consolidated 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except per share data)
December 31, 2016 June 30, 2017
(unaudited)

ASSETS

Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 19,334 $ 13,203
Marketable securities 6,647 8,248
Inventories 11,461 11,510
Accounts receivable, net and other 8,339 8,046
Total current assets 45,781 41,007
Property and equipment, net 29,114 37,083
Goodwill 3,784 4,254
Other assets 4,723 5,437
Total assets $ 83,402 $ 87,781

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 25,309 $ 21,439
Accrued expenses and other 13,739 14,016
Unearned revenue 4,768 5,065
Total current liabilities 43,816 40,520
Long-term debt 7,694 7,683
Other long-term liabilities 12,607 16,364
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized shares — 500

Issued and outstanding shares — none

Common stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized shares — 5,000
Issued shares — 500 and 504
Outstanding shares — 477 and 480 5 5
Treasury stock, at cost (1,837 ) (1,837 )
Additional paid-in capital 17,186 19,129
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (985 ) (607 )
Retained earnings 4,916 6,524
Total stockholders’ equity 19,285 23,214
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 83,402 $ 87,781
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Q1 2016 Q2 2016

Q3 2016

Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017

Y/Y %Change

Cash Flows and Shares

Operating cash flow — trailing twelve months (TTM) (1)

$ 11,563 $ 13,049 $ 15,004 $ 17,272 $ 17,634 $ 17,885 37 %

Operating cash flow — TTM Y/Y growth

49 % 45 % 51 % 43 % 53 % 37 % N/A

Purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development, net — TTM

$ 4,897 $ 5,395 $ 6,040 $ 6,737 $ 7,417 $ 8,207 52 %

Principal repayments of capital lease obligations — TTM

$ 2,761 $ 3,298 $ 3,579 $ 3,860 $ 3,891 $ 4,003 21 %

Principal repayments of finance lease obligations — TTM

$ 111 $ 108 $ 131 $ 147 $ 155 $ 170 57 %

Property and equipment acquired under capital leases — TTM

$ 4,638 $ 4,676 $ 4,998 $ 5,704 $ 6,717 $ 8,019 71 %

Free cash flow — TTM (1) (2)

$ 6,666 $ 7,654 $ 8,964 $ 10,535 $ 10,217 $ 9,678 26 %

Free cash flow less lease principal repayments — TTM (1) (3)

$ 3,794 $ 4,248 $ 5,254 $ 6,528 $ 6,171 $ 5,505 30 %

Free cash flow less finance lease principal repayments and assets acquired under capital leases — TTM (1) (4)

$ 1,917 $ 2,870 $ 3,835 $ 4,684 $ 3,345 $ 1,489 (48 )%
Invested capital (5) $ 32,824 $ 34,695 $ 36,722 $ 39,126 $ 42,114 $ 45,537 31 %
Common shares and stock-based awards outstanding 490 495 496 497 497 502 1 %
Common shares outstanding 472 474 475 477 478 480 1 %
Stock-based awards outstanding 18 21 21 20 20 22 3 %

Stock-based awards outstanding — % of common shares outstanding

3.9 % 4.4 % 4.4 % 4.2 % 4.1 % 4.5 % N/A
Results of Operations
Worldwide (WW) net sales $ 29,128 $ 30,404 $ 32,714 $ 43,741 $ 35,714 $ 37,955 25 %

WW net sales — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X

29 % 30 % 29 % 24 % 24 % 26 % N/A

WW net sales — TTM

$ 113,418 $ 120,637 $ 127,993 $ 135,987 $ 142,572 $ 150,123 24 %

WW net sales — TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X

28 % 29 % 28 % 28 % 26 % 26 % N/A
Operating income $ 1,071 $ 1,285 $ 575 $ 1,255 $ 1,005 $ 628 (51 )%

FX impact — favorable (unfavorable)

$ 50 $ 45 $ 8 $ 7 $ (31 ) $ (38 ) N/A

Operating income — Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X

300 % 168 % 40 % 13 % (3 )% (48 )% N/A

Operating margin — % of WW net sales

3.7 % 4.2 % 1.8 % 2.9 % 2.8 % 1.7 % N/A

Operating income — TTM

$ 3,049 $ 3,871 $ 4,040 $ 4,186 $ 4,120 $ 3,462 (11 )%

Operating income — TTM Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X

933 % 388 % 128 % 83 % 34 % (9 )% N/A

Operating margin — TTM % of WW net sales

2.7 % 3.2 % 3.2 % 3.1 % 2.9 % 2.3 % N/A
Net income $ 513 $ 857 $ 252 $ 749 $ 724 $ 197 (77 )%
Net income per diluted share $ 1.07 $ 1.78 $ 0.52 $ 1.54 $ 1.48 $ 0.40 (77 )%

Net income — TTM

$ 1,166 $ 1,931 $ 2,105 $ 2,371 $ 2,583 $ 1,922 %

Net income per diluted share — TTM

$ 2.43 $ 4.02 $ 4.38 $ 4.90 $ 5.31 $ 3.94 (2 )%
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(1) As a result of accounting guidance adopted in Q1 2017, we retrospectively adjusted our consolidated statements of cash flows to reclassify excess tax benefits from financing activities to operating activities. The amount of the adjustment was $305 million for TTM Q1 2016, $323 million for TTM Q2 2016, $401 million for TTM Q3 2016, and $829 million for TTM Q4 2016.
(2) Free cash flow is cash flow from operations reduced by “Purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software and website development, net,” which is included in cash flow from investing activities.
(3) Free cash flow less lease principal repayments is free cash flow reduced by “Principal repayments of capital lease obligations,” and “Principal repayments of finance lease obligations,” which are included in cash flow from financing activities.
(4) Free cash flow less finance lease principal repayments and assets acquired under capital leases is free cash flow reduced by “Principal repayments of finance lease obligations,” which is included in cash flow from financing activities, and property and equipment acquired under capital leases. In this measure, property and equipment acquired under capital leases is reflected as if these assets had been purchased with cash, which is not the case as these assets have been leased.
(5) Average Total Assets minus Current Liabilities (excluding current portion of Long-Term Debt and current portion of capital lease obligations and finance lease obligations) over five quarter ends.
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions)
(unaudited)
Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017

Y/Y %Change

Segments
North America Segment:
Net sales $ 16,996 $ 17,674 $ 18,874 $ 26,240 $ 20,992 $ 22,370 27 %

Net sales — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X

27 % 28 % 26 % 22 % 23 % 27 % N/A

Net sales — TTM

$ 67,299 $ 71,176 $ 75,045 $ 79,785 $ 83,781 $ 88,476 24 %
Operating Income:
Operating income $ 588 $ 702 $ 255 $ 816 $ 596 $ 436 (38 )%

FX impact — favorable (unfavorable)

$ 5 $ 5 $ 6 $ 11 $ 4 $ 11 N/A

Operating income — Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X

129 % 100 % 34 % 26 % 1 % (40 )% N/A

Operating margin — % of North America net sales

3.5 % 4.0 % 1.3 % 3.1 % 2.8 % 1.9 % N/A

Operating income — TTM

$ 1,759 $ 2,113 $ 2,182 $ 2,361 $ 2,369 $ 2,102 (1 )%

Operating margin — TTM % of North America net sales

2.6 % 3.0 % 2.9 % 3.0 % 2.8 % 2.4 % N/A
International Segment:
Net sales $ 9,566 $ 9,844 $ 10,609 $ 13,965 $ 11,061 $ 11,485 17 %

Net sales — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X

26 % 28 % 28 % 23 % 21 % 22 % N/A

Net sales — TTM

$ 37,239 $ 39,518 $ 41,860 $ 43,983 $ 45,477 $ 47,119 19 %
Operating income (loss):
Operating income (loss) $ (121 ) $ (135 ) $ (541 ) $ (487 ) $ (481 ) $ (724 ) 438 %

FX impact — favorable (unfavorable)

$ 21 $ 40 $ 22 $ 5 $ (32 ) $ (59 ) N/A

Operating income/loss — Y/Y growth (decline), excluding F/X

(27 )% (8 )% 171 % 354 % 272 % 393 % N/A

Operating margin — % of International net sales

(1.3 )% (1.4 )% (5.1 )% (3.5 )% (4.4 )% (6.3 )% N/A

Operating income (loss) — TTM

$ (626 ) $ (571 ) $ (905 ) $ (1,283 ) $ (1,644 ) $ (2,233 ) 291 %

Operating margin — TTM % of International net sales

(1.7 )% (1.4 )% (2.2 )% (2.9 )% (3.6 )% (4.7 )% N/A
AWS Segment:
Net sales $ 2,566 $ 2,886 $ 3,231 $ 3,536 $ 3,661 $ 4,100 42 %

Net sales — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X

64 % 58 % 55 % 47 % 43 % 42 % N/A

Net sales — TTM

$ 8,880 $ 9,943 $ 11,088 $ 12,219 $ 13,314 $ 14,529 46 %
Operating income:

Operating income

$ 604 $ 718 $ 861 $ 926 $ 890 $ 916 28 %

FX impact — favorable (unfavorable)

$ 24 $ $ (20 ) $ (9 ) $ (3 ) $ 10 N/A

Operating income — Y/Y growth, excluding F/X

198 % 136 % 106 % 61 % 48 % 26 % N/A

Operating margin — % of AWS net sales

23.5 % 24.9 % 26.6 % 26.2 % 24.3 % 22.3 % N/A

Operating income — TTM

$ 1,916 $ 2,329 $ 2,762 $ 3,108 $ 3,395 $ 3,593 54 %

Operating margin — TTM % of AWS net sales

21.6 % 23.4 % 24.9 % 25.4 % 25.5 % 24.7 % N/A
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except employee data)
(unaudited)
Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017

Y/Y %Change

Net Sales:
Retail products (1) $ 19,916 $ 20,378 $ 21,590 $ 29,548 $ 22,826 $ 23,754 17 %
Retail products - Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 21 % 22 % 20 % 16 % 16 % 18 % N/A
Retail third-party seller services (2) $ 4,801 $ 5,083 $ 5,652 $ 7,456 $ 6,438 $ 6,991 38 %
Retail third-party seller services - Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 46 % 48 % 46 % 39 % 36 % 40 % N/A
Retail subscription services (3) $ 1,300 $ 1,431 $ 1,532 $ 2,130 $ 1,939 $ 2,165 51 %
Retail subscription services - Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 56 % 52 % 47 % 33 % 52 % 53 % N/A
AWS $ 2,566 $ 2,886 $ 3,231 $ 3,536 $ 3,661 $ 4,100 42 %
AWS - Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 64 % 58 % 55 % 47 % 43 % 42 % N/A
Other (4) $ 545 $ 626 $ 709 $ 1,071 $ 850 $ 945 51 %
Other - Y/Y growth, excluding F/X 46 % 65 % 74 % 99 % 58 % 53 % N/A
Stock-based Compensation Expense
Cost of sales $ 7 $ 9 $ 8 $ 12 N/A
Fulfillment $ 116 $ 186 $ 165 $ 190 $ 163 $ 261 41 %
Marketing $ 56 $ 80 $ 85 $ 102 $ 94 $ 133 66 %
Technology and content $ 317 $ 419 $ 434 $ 493 $ 441 $ 633 51 %
General and administrative $ 55 $ 83 $ 85 $ 93 $ 86 $ 119 45 %
Total stock-based compensation expense $ 544 $ 768 $ 776 $ 887 $ 792 $ 1,158 51 %
Other
WW shipping costs $ 3,275 $ 3,362 $ 3,897 $ 5,634 $ 4,383 $ 4,568 36 %

WW shipping costs — Y/Y growth

42 % 44 % 43 % 35 % 34 % 36 % N/A

WW paid units — Y/Y growth

27 % 28 % 28 % 24 % 24 % 27 % N/A

WW seller unit mix — % of WW paid units

48 % 49 % 50 % 49 % 50 % 51 % N/A

Employees (full-time and part-time; excludes contractors & temporary personnel)

245,200 268,900 306,800 341,400 351,000 382,400 42 %

Employees (full-time and part-time; excludes contractors & temporary personnel) — Y/Y growth

49 % 47 % 38 % 48 % 43 % 42 % N/A
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(1) Includes product sales and digital media content where we record revenue gross. We leverage our retail infrastructure to offer a wide selection of consumable and durable goods that includes electronics and general merchandise as well as media products available in both a physical and digital format, such as books, music, video, games, and software. These product sales include digital products sold on a transactional basis; digital product subscriptions that provide unlimited viewing or usage rights are included in Retail subscription services.
(2) Includes commissions, related fulfillment and shipping fees, and other third-party seller services.
(3) Includes annual and monthly fees associated with Amazon Prime membership, as well as audiobook, e-book, digital video, digital music, and other subscription services.
(4) Includes sales not otherwise included above, such as certain advertising services and our co-branded credit card agreements.

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