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Surprising $SHOP news:

"Shopify entered into a definitive agreement to sell the majority of our logistics business, including the people, technology, and services related to these operations, to Flexport, a leading tech-driven global logistics platform."

"Under the terms of the agreement, Shopify will receive stock representing a 13% equity interest in Flexport, on top of its existing equity interest. Shopify will also name a director to Flexport's board."


I think this is a good move given that this effectively puts low-margin business pressure off of its books while still having a horse in the game given the board seat and stake.

$SHOP also lays off an additional 20% of its workforce on top of the 10% announced earlier.

This enables a tremendous margin expansion into quite literally SaaS % territory, which probably triggered this rerating in pre-market, shares are up 17% as of the writing of this.

I'll re-run the numbers myself and see where I land after the call.
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Shopify offloads logistics business to Flexport
The sale marks a reversal for Shopify, which had spent years building out its own logistics and order fulfillment operations.
Shopify offloads logistics business to Flexport

Nathan Worden's avatar
Nathan Worden
@nathanwordenMay 4
Oh wow, I did not see the news about them selling their logistics business. Flexport is becoming a logistics gorilla.

I thought the share price jump was because of the layoffs, but it is probably equally due to this.
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Joshua Simka's avatar
Joshua Simka
@tomatoMay 5
I'm in agreement that it's a good move. I love a management that recognizes when they need to pivot or refocus and wastes no time doing so.
Rihard Jarc's avatar
Rihard Jarc
@rihardjarcMay 5
@tomato It's good for $SHOP in the short term as it becomes more profitable and focused on the things they can be good at in the long run. But seems they will have more problem with $AMZN logistics down the line.
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Rihard Jarc
@rihardjarcMay 5
Shows again the power of $AMZN's logistics moat. Not sure any company will come close to it. Zero interest rates are over and no other company would approve this big of an investment in the network.
Nathan Worden's avatar
Nathan Worden
@nathanwordenMay 5
@rihardjarc Yeah when I saw Shopify was getting into logistics I thought 'oh wow, competition for Amazon!' Turns out... nope.
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Rihard Jarc
@rihardjarcMay 12
@nathanworden I think by now it has gotten to big, to expensive and rates not at 0% anymore so also nobody can afford to build out the capacity to compete at that scale.
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