https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/tobi-lutke/ Ecommerce Industry News Thu, 04 May 2023 16:48:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/tobi-lutke/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/04/shopify-downsizes-by-20-and-sells-fulfillment-unit/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/04/shopify-downsizes-by-20-and-sells-fulfillment-unit/#comments Thu, 04 May 2023 16:48:49 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229274 Shopify will be smaller by about 20% after today, according to founder and CEO Tobi Lütke, as the company lays off employees and announced the sale of its logistics business to Flexport, which is headed by the former head of Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/04/shopify-downsizes-by-20-and-sells-fulfillment-unit/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/03/12/online-sellers-operate-in-the-dark-after-svb-collapse/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 01:13:49 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229003 Etsy sellers and those with shops on Shopify have had to make important decisions about their ongoing operations in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. (See, “Run on Silicon Valley Bank Impacts Operations at Tech Firms.”) (See update Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/07/26/heralded-as-amazon-rival-shopify-announces-major-layoffs/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:44:14 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227893 Ecommerce darling Shopify was held up by many as a possible solution for merchants seeking an alternative to Amazon, but the platform’s eyes were bigger than its belly when it came to ramping up hiring to meet demand driven by Read more]]>