[Amazon results] Operating margin doubled, driven by e-commerce and the marketplace in Q2 2023

Amazon’s total sales rose by 11% in Q2. While cloud services continued to slow, e-commerce and the marketplace returned to sustained growth. To improve efficiency in the last mile and speed up deliveries still further, the group is rethinking the logistics strategy in the U.S.A.

On August 3, 2023, Amazon published results for Q2, showing a return to growth in the e-commerce business. Sales totaled US$134.4 billion vs $121.2 billion a year earlier. This is a 11% growth at constant rates. As resul