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| We delivered a record $1.7 billion in gross profit, an increase of 32% year-over-year |
| And as we see one-time investments such as new merchant acquisition promotions expire, we expect Eats’s positive underlying unit economics along with scale to drive cash generation in the future |
| While these tailwinds were partially offset by the continued investment in selection expansion and increased investment in developing offerings this quarter, we see significant runway ahead of us to continue delivering margin expansion through each of these initiatives |
| The Q4 adjusted EBITDA margin was 4.5%, representing a 50 basis point improvement year-over-year, which includes a 40 basis point benefit from the FLC accounting change |
| As Bom noted, we are also excited about the increasing momentum we are generating in developing offerings |
| Along with other signals, this growth demonstrates a vast potential we are seeing from this portfolio of nascent initiatives, especially in East and Taiwan |
| Its segment revenue grew 105% year-over-year on a reported basis and 102% in constant currency |
| The fourth quarter of 2023 caps a year of accelerating growth, record profits, and expanding free cash flows for our business |
| We also generated record net income and free cash flow for the year, thanks to the expanding profitability of product commerce, our largest and most established offering, whose adjusted EBITDA now exceeds 7% in Q4 |
| I think it's still too early to have a lot of conversations, but we're very excited by the progress we're making and the promise we're seeing on the ground there |
| Our product commerce segment delivered $444 million of adjusted EBITDA, an improvement of nearly 70% over the previous year |
| This resulted in a 7.1% margin, which expanded 190 basis points over the last year and includes 60 basis points benefit from the FLC accounting change |
| We are seeing strong momentum there |
| The growth in margin was also driven by the expansion in gross profit margin this quarter, as well as improvements in efficiencies across our operations that we are harvesting from our many years of investments in infrastructure, technology, and operational excellence |
| Today, we benefit from the success of the new competency initiatives we've scaled, and we have the ability now to seed and scale incremental initiatives, leveraging our vast technology, processes, scale, and knowledge |
| But that said, with via company growth looking good, our profitability improving, we are excited about all the investment opportunities we believe that will take care of itself |
| This represents a gross profit margin of 25.6%, improving 160 basis points year-over-year and 30 basis points quarter-over-quarter |
| A number of our investments are already showing remarkable progress and promise |
| We also continue to benefit from further optimization in our supply chain and the scaling of margin-accretive offerings, including ads |
| We also now have 14 million WOW members, up 27% since last year reflecting the broadening recognition of the tremendous value that WOW membership provides for our members |
| That's the highest growth rate we have seen in the past two years |
| Third quarter, we saw an even greater acceleration in customer engagement with a record 21 million active customers |
| We're excited about the opportunity to challenge tradeoffs and WOW customers in a geography with an attractive retail market |
| Since launching Rocket in October of 2022, Taiwan's customers and revenues have continued to compound at an incredible rate, more than doubling over the last two quarters alone |
| We are driving higher efficiencies across our operations through improvements in our logistics network and greater utilization of automation and technology, including AI |
| Bom and I are extremely proud of our team whose work over many years is responsible for the results we have enjoyed this past year |
| Product commerce adjusted EBITDA margin improved nearly 200 bps to 7.1% |
| Many of our incremental investments benefit from our already strong customer cohort behavior |
| And the improvements that we're driving come from years and years of investment in infrastructure, technology and operational excellence, we're seeing these efficiency improvements across our operations |
| The underlying drivers of margin are strong, and there's still a lot of room for expansion |
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| It will continue to adversely affect our reported revenue growth rate for the next couple of quarters as they will comp against quarters with the previous accounting treatment |
| This change was due to an estimated 170 basis points negative impact from the FLC accounting change |
| We anticipate incurring adjusted EBITDA losses in developing offerings of approximately $650 million in 2024, excluding losses related to Farfetch |
| We have in the past and will continue to discontinue investments that don't -- do not demonstrate that potential to achieve these objectives |
| In our developing offerings segment, the adjusted EBITDA loss was $150 million, increasing $95 million year-over-year, but decreasing $10 million quarter-over-quarter |
| And just curious, any learnings here that can help you adjust your execution tactically? And secondly, on your guidance, on EBITDA losses of $650 million |
| I guess from an equity perspective, obviously, we kind of have an overhang with some of the sell-down that's coming from Softbank and the like |
| There's a heightened interest in competition in the market, it seems related to the rise in Chinese cross-border e-commerce platforms |
| If they don't meet our high thresholds, we reduce or exit investments |
| So we have to constantly find new moments of WOW for our customers to fight for and earn their royalty every day |
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