aaron leavy will be joining us for exclusive interview. he is waiting on some of the debates around san francisco's tech community. they do have technology buses that drive employees down from san francisco to silicon valley. he talks about the buses are efficient. they have the right choice for them. it is the real problem -- not enough housing in san francisco. we will have that exclusive interview with aaron leavy. i really story of the day, amazon reportedly in talks with j.crew, ralph lauren and other retailers to get them on the site. who better to talk about it in my special cohost for the hour, brad stone? author of the everything store. the book about amazon and a senior writer for bloomberg businessweek. so great to have you here on the show today. joining us for the full hour. what you know about this -- what do you know about this? >> they want to be the everything store. those lottery retailers have been very hesitant to put their items on amazon. ralph lauren does not want to have its $300 sweater next with $30 sweater. >> i

ari leavy covers technology for bloomberg. and the ceo, aaronwas here on bloomberg west a year ago, talking about a potential ipo. the timeframe would fit into what he gave us. listen to what he had to say. >> we are focused on building an independent long-term sustainable company, an ipo is in that path. >> you told us 2014. are you still on track? >> i have said words like it could happen that year. i would still use those words. >> why now? >> he is much funnier than i am. >> it is hard to compete. >> there is insatiable appetite for next-generation software companies building in the cloud. that is the way people are doing business now. yet the way they have been buying is the old stuff. if you look at workday service -- these are companies that have gone public in the last couple of years with big valuations. price to sales of like 35 times. beating dropbox , or are they ready? all thatx is not significant in the timing to the public market. they are both playing the big markets. they do compete with very different products. box willave to i