????亞馬遜（Amazon）長期以來一直著力大力投資擴張,，甚至不惜以利潤為代價。這家公司最新的季度報告表明,，這一點并沒有改變,。

????這家電子商務巨頭公布，它2013年第三季度每股虧損9美分,，銷售額為170.9億美元,。雖然虧損在預料之中，但收入躍升24%超出了華爾街167.7億美元的預期,。隨后,，這家公司的股價在盤后交易中躍升了7%。

????與最近幾個季度一樣,，亞馬遜首席財務官湯姆?斯庫塔克將虧損歸咎于公司的持續(xù)擴張,。亞馬遜運營中心網絡的持續(xù)擴張（它的運營中心數(shù)量已達100家左右）繼續(xù)導致短期業(yè)績承受壓力。其他影響因素還包括擴展Amazon Web Services基礎設施,，以及開發(fā)新的Kindle閱讀器硬件,。新的Kindle閱讀器已于今秋推出。

????杰夫?貝佐斯在公司的業(yè)績發(fā)布中重點介紹了亞馬遜最新的一系列活動,，包括推出新的Kindle閱讀器,、新增800多萬平方英尺運營中心面積，以及為三家運營中心配置1,382臺Kiva機器人以提高效率,。亞馬遜還宣布在佛羅里達和巴爾的摩新建各占地100萬平方英尺的倉庫,，同時還招聘、培訓了70,000名季節(jié)性工人,，為節(jié)日銷售季做好準備,。亞馬遜在節(jié)日銷售季期間往往會迎來銷售井噴。

????斯庫塔克還解釋了該公司最近一項有爭議的決定,，將免運費訂單最低金額從25美元提高至35美元,。“我們執(zhí)行原標準已有十多年了,，”斯庫塔克說,?！斑@些年來燃油價格和運輸成本（都在上漲）。而我們直到現(xiàn)在才上調這個最低門檻,?！保ㄘ敻恢形木W）????

????Amazon (AMZN) has long focused on heavy investments into expansion, even at the expense of its bottom line, and the company's latest quarter proved no different.

????For the e-commerce giant's third quarter 2013, it reported a loss of 9 cents per share on sales of $17.09 billion. While the loss was expected, the 24% jump in revenues actually surpassed the Street's $16.77 billion estimate. Company stock surged 7% in after-hours trading.

????As in previous recent quarters, CFO Tom Szkutak attributed the loss to the company's ongoing expansion. Amazon's increasing network of roughly 100 fulfillment centers continues to take its toll in the short-term, but factors also include growing out the company's Amazon Web Services infrastructure and the development of new Kindle hardware, which began rolling out this fall.

????In the company's earnings release, Jeff Bezos highlighted Amazon's recent flurry of activity, including new Kindles, the addition of 8 million more square feet of fulfillment center capacity, and the deployment of 1,382 Kiva robots in three fulfillment centers to increase efficiency. Amazon also announced new warehouses, each with 1 million square feet, in Florida and Baltimore, as well as the hiring and training of 70,000 new seasonal workers in preparation for the holiday season, when the company traditionally experiences huge sales.

????Szkutak also addressed the company's recent controversial decision to increase its free shipping minimum order threshold from $25 to $35. "We've had that for over a decade," Szkutak remarked. "Over that period, both fuel prices and transportation. We certainly didn't change that threshold until now."??