Amazon and Apple Income increased but profit decreased. New Corona affected 8:49 on May 1st

IT-related companies Amazon.com and Apple announced their financial results up to March this year, and while many companies were seriously affected by the spread of the new coronavirus infection, sales increased, Earnings declined, suggesting some impact.

According to the announcement, from January to March, Amazon saw a significant increase of 26% in sales compared to the same period last year, and the Japanese yen exceeded 8 trillion yen at $ 75,452 million. Apple increased ▽ 0.5% to 58,313 million dollars or more than 6.2 trillion yen.

While the restrictions on going out around the world continue, Amazon's use of online sales has increased, and in the United States, in particular, the large number of customers visiting its food supermarkets also seems to have contributed to the increase in sales.
However, the profit during the period decreased by 28%, because the cost of infection prevention measures for employees is expensive.

In addition, Apple also declined its final profit by 2% and forgot the earnings forecast from April to June.

While many companies were seriously affected by the spread of the new coronavirus, it was suggested that Amazon and Apple, which are performing relatively well, were also affected to some extent.