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Originally Posted by zoomzoom
Yea, revenue looks impressive, but there's a huge difference between revenue and profit..
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True, but in the end, that's what they look at for the end of the year "who sold the most?!" ORICON poll.
I'm not saying that Ayu herself is making tons of money or anything, but that avex is really making a lot of money despite the fact that she "isn't as popular" as before.
My stance on this is this:
Ayu is still a money-making diva whether people like it or not. So what if there are expenses? avex has billions and billions to spend on Ayu and she obviously brings the money back to them AND THEN SOME. It's not like they spend a ton on her and then she barely makes enough to pay for expenses and what not. We don't even know if Ayu gets paid based on her sales. All I'm trying to say is that she is NOT the dud that people think she is.
Just to define revenue for some of you who seem to confuse it (I clearly say at the bottom that the total is her REVENUE so far for 2008):
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
In business, revenue or revenues is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. Some companies also receive revenue from interest, dividends or royalties paid to them by other companies.[1] Revenue may refer to business income in general, or it may refer to the amount, in a monetary unit, received during a period of time, as in "Last year, Company X had revenue of $32 million."
Profits or net income generally mean total revenue minus total expenses in a given period. In accounting and financial analysis, revenue is often referred to as the "top line" due to its position on the income statement at the very top. This is to be contrasted with the "bottom line" which denotes net income.[2]
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I know I stated each items' sales as profit, but whatever. Who cares if I'm technical or not. This is an AYU FORUM. Not some business course.