Shopify sells a unit

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SHOPIFY, $89.91, remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SHOP; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.shopify.ca; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $113.3 billion; No dividends paid) has now completed the sale of its former Shopify Logistics business to Flexport, a global logistics platform. Meanwhile,Flexport will become the preferred logistics partner for Shopify. The sale marks a reversal for Shopify, which had spent years building out its own logistics and order-fulfilment operations. The move to expand into logistics services was part of Shopify’s ambition to support the merchants selling on its platform with one-stop service. However, the company feels that continuing to run its own fulfillment network will take too much capital going forward. It now sees working with Flexport as a better solution. Shopify is still a buy. buy…