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next_xibalba on July 26, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alphabet Q2 FY2022 Earnings [pdf]

Huh? Isn't the ecomm component of Amazon's "Total Rev" several hundred billion?

HeyItsMatt on July 26, 2022 [–]

COGS is >70% of that number. Retailers typically subtract it before calculating gross margins.

next_xibalba on July 27, 2022 | [–]

Sure but we're talking revenue, not gross margins.

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