we will dig into it with the shopify president, harley finkelstein.alk about the growth trajectory and how you are seeing a shift to enterprise clients. harley: it was a great quarter, certainly. revenue is up 26% to 2.2 billion dollars. and free cash margin extended. you are seeing us grow topline and bottom-line. the other thing that you point out which we are excited about is that more merchants are coming to shopify across verticals, geographies, and sizes of merchants. one area i'm especially proud of is the headway that we are making with the biggest brands on the planet to shopify. we saw 16 enterprise launches on shopify, like haines, and off-white and victoria's secret. i think we are substantiating that we are not just an e-commerce company for a domestic-type of merchant, but we can handle the largest businesses that want to sell globally. caroline: europe really shining a light where many would perhaps feel that the european economy may not indicate that. the growth in germany and france and the like? harley: it is remarkable. we think abo

joining me now to talk about how black friday is changing, but still critical to retailers is harley finkelstein, president of shopify, the global e-commerce company. and harley, i want to start with that idea of how the digital marketplace has changed all of this. we've been living with cyber monday for a long time, but when you look at this five day stretch what's the kind of important thing to pay attention to well, first of all, i heard your comment on the quote where shopping is less fun. >> i totally disagree with that. i actually think we are sort of living in a golden age of retail. i think things are way more fun. and it's also not just online or offline. there's there's a lot happening here, but but let's walk through it. and i just have to say like, if you're buying something today from your favorite brands, there's a very good chance you're buying from a shopify store. but but there are some changes. and the changes i think are are remarkable. one thing that is obviously clear is that consumers favorite brands are selling in a very different way they're using social selling, they're