Amazon Bets on Delivery as Competition Heats Up

The transcript discusses Amazon's growth in unit sales and AWS, highlighting AWS's significant revenue contribution despite being a small part of overall revenue. It addresses competition from Google in cloud services and explores Amazon's new ventures like restaurant delivery and Amazon Echo. The discussion emphasizes Amazon's strategy of experimenting with new business ideas to capture market share.

What was the unit growth acceleration for Amazon from December to the September quarter?

• 28% to 29%

• 25% to 26%

• 27% to 28%

• 26% to 27%

Which company is considered a potential challenge to AWS according to the transcript?

• IBM

• Microsoft

• Oracle

• Google

What percentage of Amazon's revenues does AWS contribute?

• 5%

• 6%

• 7%

• 8%

What new service did Amazon recently start in San Francisco?

• Book delivery

• Clothing delivery

• Restaurant delivery

• Grocery delivery

How many cities is Amazon's same-hour delivery service available in?

• 18 cities

• 22 cities

• 28 cities

• 32 cities