Shares of Shopify Inc. tumbled 16% Wednesday, after the e-commerce software program supplier advised buyers that the forces that made it one of many largest winners of the Covid-19 pandemic are beginning to gradual.
Lockdowns pushed thousands and thousands of small companies to open on-line shops, as retail gross sales quickly shifted away from bodily shops. U.S. retail e-commerce gross sales grew 32% in 2020 from the prior yr, in accordance with the U.S. Commerce Division.