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Shopify launches fight against ‘patent trolls’ and their funders, files Texas lawsuit
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/ GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD/File Photo
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Help! I’m drowning in Shopify shares
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Shopify faces class-action lawsuit over severance offered to recently laid off staff
FILE - The company logo hangs on the Ottawa headquarters of Canadian e-commerce company Shopify, May 29, 2019. Shopify, the e-commerce company viewed as a growing competitor to Amazon, is selling the two biggest pieces of its fulfillment network and abandoning its logistics ambitions the company said Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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Shopify launches new point-of-sale hardware in Canada amid crowded payments sector
New Shopify point of sale hardware.
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Shopify cuts jobs, food inflation falls and Rogers’ cheaper 5G plan: Must-read business and investing stories
The Ottawa headquarters of Canadian e-commerce company Shopify are pictured on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Shopify Inc. says it is revamping its staffing and compensation model. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Air Canada planes are parked at Toronto Pearson Airport on April 28, 2021.
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Shopify to lay off 20% of global work force, sell logistics operations
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify hangs behind the Canadian flag after the company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange May 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Shopify’s financial results this week could be pivotal for the recovering stock
A decorative mailbox covered in stickers is seen at Shopify's headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
number cruncher
With big tech reporting in the U.S. last week, how do Canadian technology companies look?
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Shopify revamps compensation framework to boost earning potential for non-managers
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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Shopify was walloped this week. The culprit lurked beyond the quarterly results
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify hangs behind the Canadian flag after the company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange May 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Shopify shares sink as company grapples with costs, seeks possible Amazon partnership
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An employee works at Shopify's headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD/File Photo
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Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
An employee works at Shopify's headquarters in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2018.
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Shopify tops revenue expectations but stock tumbles on soft outlook
Shopify Inc. headquarters signage in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Shopify Inc. announced fourth-quarter results Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Shopify dabbles in artificial intelligence with new product-description tool
Shopify Inc. headquarters signage is shown in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Shopify to launch live-video feature as part of platform enhancements aimed at exiting sector downturn
FILE PHOTO: Canadian e-commerce company Shopify Inc logo is shown on a computer screen in the illustration photo in Encinitas, California May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Thursday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa on Sept. 28, 2018. R
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Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives are shuffled around a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
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Shopify chief technology officer Allan Leinwand steps down for ‘personal reason’
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD
opinion
In praise of meetings: Shopify’s scrapping of them was gutsy, but not all are bad
Karl Oczkowski
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Shopify puts huge Toronto office space up for sublease
Employees work at the Shopify office in Toronto on February 12, 2020. Chris Donovan/The Globe and Mail
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Fewer meetings and no more ‘pineapple on pizza debates’: Shopify changes signal company’s renewed urgency
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD
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Shopify launches new subscription product in bid to lure big retail clients
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD
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Shopify scraps big Toronto move, dealing blow to office market
Shopify Inc. headquarters signage in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Shopify’s impending move into The Well — a high-profile retail, office and residential development encompassing 7.7 acres at King Street West and Spadina Avenue in Toronto — makes it one of the many tech companies not backing away from new digs even as their leaders espouse hybrid or remote work arrangements that will have staff visiting an office much less frequently than pre-pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
technology
‘Incredible challenges’: Shopify president talks COVID-19 pandemic, stock plunge and layoffs
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein is pictured at the the company's headquarters in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa in September of 2018.
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Have Canadian policymakers made Shopify an untouchable golden boy?
Vass Bednar
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Shopify’s rally this week shows why low expectations can be good
Shopify Inc. headquarters signage in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Shopify Inc. and a group of textbook publishers, which accused the tech company of profiting from content that is pirated or infringes on their trademarks, have asked a U.S. court to dismiss their case.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Editor’s Note: Is Shopify sunk or just growing up?
Dawn Calleja, editor of ROB magazine, Nov. 2021.
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Solving Shopify’s misery: How Canada’s tech saviour lost its swagger — and why investors remain so scared
SHOPIFY, THE DARLING OF CANADA’S TECH INDUSTRY, HAS WATCHED ITS FORTUNES SINK OVER THE PAST YEAR. IS THERE MORE TO IT THAN THE MARKET ROUT? AND IS THERE A WAY BACK TO THE SURFACE?
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Shopify stock spikes as company posts higher quarterly revenue and lower net loss than anticipated
FILE PHOTO: Canadian e-commerce company Shopify Inc logo is shown on a computer screen in the illustration photo in Encinitas, California May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa in September of 2018.
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Great Reads: Healing lodges; what keeps us human; Hutterites embrace YouTube
Resident at the Stan Daniels Healing Centre, Conrad Johnson sits in the gym, which he calls his sanctuary, with messages he has written to himself on the walls, in Edmonton Alberta, May 26, 2022. Healing lodges are an alternative to prison run for Indigenous inmates. Jason Franson/The Globe and Mail.
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Shopify has a growing problem with customer retention, Globe data study shows
The Shopify office in Toronto on February 12, 2020. Chris Donovan/The Globe and Mail
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Friday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa in September of 2018.