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Shopify Position As E-Com ‘Arms Dealer’ Triggers Nod

Shopify (SHOP), a provider of cloud-based e-commerce platforms, soared Thursday as Wedbush analyst Gil Luria initiated coverage with an outperform rating and price target of 25. Luria said the company’s strong product and channel integration with Amazon.com (AMZN), eBay (EBAY), Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR) distinguishes it from the competition. Luria said Shopify’s payments business will generate as much value for the firm as PayPal (PYPL) did

EBay Was Hit By Another Cybersecurity Problem

Until squelched by eBay (EBAY) on Monday, a vulnerability existed on the e-tailer’s website that allowed hackers to potentially steal passwords and gather credentials of unsuspecting shoppers and sellers, but the company says it did not see any rise in fraudulent activity stemming from the vulnerability. A security researcher who goes by the name of MLT discovered the flaw and disclosed the issue to eBay on Dec. 11, but it wasn’t fixed until eBay

Amazon Eclipsed Rivals In Holiday Web Traffic

E-tail juggernaut Amazon.com (AMZN) received more website visits throughout the holiday season than the next four sites combined — eBay (EBAY) Wal-Mart (WMT), Target (TGT) and Macy’s (M), Cowen analyst John Blackledge wrote in a report about holiday e-commerce released Thursday. Mobile was the story in the holiday shopping season as mobile devices frequented cybershelves, driving the most traffic for retailers and e-tailers alike, according to