Quick summary of this week’s news around Amazon that are worth noting:

Amazon Earnings - Much has been covered already about Amazon’s very respective Q3 2008 earnings report, and I agree with Randy Smythe that the Q4 holiday season is going to be fine. Amazon’s sales jumped 30% compared to 2007, third-party units were 31% (unchanged), [...]

Amazon released their Q2 2008 earnings report last night (here’s the call transcript from Seeking Alpha) and, as expected, it was another smashing quarter. Continuing it’s e-Commerce market share grab (35% vs. 17% in US alone), world-wide revenue overall (excluding FX) grew by 35% to $4.06 billion with an increased full-year forecast / guidance of [...]

Amazon reported earnings tonight after market close and there are a few interesting highlights:

Sales in North America are up 31%, International grew 41%. That’s about 13% (in the US) more then the anticipated 18% YOY e-commerce growth rate for 2008. Continuing to gain share of the overall pie.
Fulfillment By Amazon adoption grew 50%, showing strong [...]