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E-Commerce News 14 June 2025 - 16 October 2025

Linkage Global (LGCB) Stock Doubles on Funding Lifeline – Can the E-Commerce Underdog Sustain the Rally?

Linkage Global (LGCB) Stock Doubles on Funding Lifeline – Can the E-Commerce Underdog Sustain the Rally?

Stock Price Volatility Amid Funding News Linkage Global’s stock has been on a rollercoaster, catapulting upward in recent sessions. On Thursday Oct. 16, LGCB nearly doubled in pre-market action, reaching around $3 per share stockanalysis.com. This spike followed an after-hours leap the prior evening, catching traders’ attention as one of the top gainers on the market’s momentum radar chartmill.com. Such extreme volatility is not unprecedented for LGCB – just days earlier, the thinly traded stock had also spiked over 100% intraday to ~$3.33 before pulling back rttnews.com. The sudden rallies appear to be driven by speculative enthusiasm around the company’s
16 October 2025
Sea Limited (SE) Stock Tumbles Nearly 10% as Analysts Debate Shopee’s Growth vs. High Valuation

Sea Limited Stock’s Wild Ride: SE Surges 300% Then Plunges – What’s Next for Shopee’s Tech Giant?

Stock Surge and Recent Price Movement Sea Limited’s stock has been on a rollercoaster in 2025. After a brutal 2022–2023 downturn, SE staged a stunning comeback – by August 2025 the share price had more than quadrupled from its early-2024 lows, even briefly overtaking DBS Bank as Southeast Asia’s most valuable public companyfintechnews.sgfintechnews.sg. Optimism about Shopee’s profitability and a regional tech rebound propelled Sea’s stock to a 52-week high of ~$199 in early October. However, this week the momentum snapped: on October 15, SE plunged ~10% intraday, falling from about $184 in the morning to close at $163.42ts2.tech. This one-day
MercadoLibre (MELI) Stock Dips Amid Brazil Competition – Analysts Eye Long-Term Upside

MercadoLibre (MELI) Stock Dips Amid Brazil Competition – Analysts Eye Long-Term Upside

Stock Performance & Recent Moves MercadoLibre’s stock (NASDAQ: MELI) opened near $2,181.92 on Oct. 15 but fell sharply into the afternoon. Reuters data show a midday price around $2,048.35 – about 5.1% lower than the previous closereuters.com. This continues a pullback from late-September highs (~$2,500) when the stock briefly approached its 52-week peak. Trading volume has been elevated amid market jitters about Latin American growth. In October so far, MELI is down roughly 10–15% from its September peakstockanalysis.comreuters.com. Most of the recent price swings reflect broader volatility in tech and e-commerce stocks, especially in emerging markets. Notably, on Oct. 9
16 October 2025
Sea Limited (SE) Stock Tumbles Nearly 10% as Analysts Debate Shopee’s Growth vs. High Valuation

Sea Limited (SE) Stock Tumbles Nearly 10% as Analysts Debate Shopee’s Growth vs. High Valuation

Stock Snapshot: Recent Price Action After a strong 2025 rally, Sea’s stock has been volatile this week. The shares opened Oct. 15 near $184 (after closing $180.69 on Oct. 14) but slumped to a day’s low of about $162, settling at $163.42reuters.com. This ~10% one-day drop wiped out weeks of gains, in line with a broader tech selloff. Trading volume on Oct. 15 (~9.16 million shares) far exceeded recent averagesreuters.com. Over the past 52 weeks, SE stock traded between $92.50 and $199.30reuters.com, so even after this pullback the shares remain well above early-year lows. Market watchers point out the stock’s
15 October 2025
Walmart’s AI Shopping Shockwave: Stock Spikes 2% as ChatGPT Checkout Debuts and Tariff Storm Looms

Walmart’s AI Shopping Shockwave: Stock Spikes 2% as ChatGPT Checkout Debuts and Tariff Storm Looms

In short, Walmart’s move to integrate ChatGPT is being viewed as a game-changer for retail. CEO McMillon envisions a future where customers “simply chat and buy” and Walmart handles the rest corporate.walmart.com. That vision has excited investors – WMT’s stock is performing well and analysts see upside tipranks.com marketbeat.com – even as rising trade tariffs threaten margins. How things play out will depend on adoption of the new AI shopping tools and whether Walmart can contain costs. For now, experts say the stock’s fundamentals look solid: Walmart recently raised guidance and posted healthy sales gains (Q2 sales +4.8% YoY, e-commerce
Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Overview – Company & Business Model Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) is a visual search and discovery platform launched in 2010investor.pinterestinc.com. Users (“pinners”) browse and save image-based “Pins” on topics from fashion and home decor to recipes and travel, often linking to products or content. The site’s tagline – “where people discover new ideas, plan and shop” – reflects its e-commerce focus. Pinterest has over half a billion MAUs globally (578M in Q2’25)investor.pinterestinc.com; two-thirds of users are women, and more than 50% now are Gen Zinvestor.pinterestinc.com. Crucially, Pinterest is free to users and monetizes almost exclusively through ads. Advertisers buy Promoted Pins, search
Shopify’s 2025 Surge: Can the E-Commerce Powerhouse Keep Soaring?

Shopify’s 2025 Surge: Can the E-Commerce Powerhouse Keep Soaring?

In the detailed analysis below, we’ll explore Shopify’s recent performance, strategic moves, competitive comparison, and outlook in depth. 2025 Stock Performance in Context Rocketing Off the 2022 Lows: Shopify’s share price has seen dramatic swings over the past five years. During the pandemic e-commerce boom, SHOP surged to an all-time high of ~$169 (post-split) in November 2021macrotrends.net. Valuations hit stratospheric levels (well over 40x sales). The tide turned in 2022 as rising interest rates and a post-COVID demand shift deflated tech stocks – Shopify plummeted nearly 80% from its peak, even briefly dipping under $30 by late 2022. This gut-wrenching
Opendoor Stock Surges on Shopify COO Move – Will AI Magic Keep It Rising?

Opendoor Stock Surges on Shopify COO Move – Will AI Magic Keep It Rising?

Company Fundamentals & Business Model Opendoor makes money by buying homes with an algorithmic price offer and reselling them to consumers or investors. Its strength is a large proprietary dataset and instant-offer platform, but it carries risks (inventory carrying costs, model accuracy). After struggling to generate cash flow early on, Opendoor is emphasizing profitability: it achieved positive adjusted EBITDA in Q2 Mlq and promises to get to breakeven by 2026. In Q2 the gross profit per home sold was $128M/4,299 ≈ $30k on average; earlier quarters had similar per-home profits. (Management has said Q1 gross profit per home was ~$16k
Tech Titans Clash: AI Superclusters, $4 Trillion Milestone & Prime Day Records (July 14 2025)

Tech Titans Clash: AI Superclusters, $4 Trillion Milestone & Prime Day Records (July 14 2025)

Meta’s AI power play: the first mega-cluster, Prometheus, comes online in 2026, with a second (Hyperion) scaling to 5 gigawatts later, and Zuckerberg boasts that one cluster covers a significant part of Manhattan’s footprint. Zuckerberg personally leads a “talent raid” to hire top engineers after Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, and in 2025 Meta raises capital expenditures to $64–72 billion. Meta’s crackdown on unoriginal content includes removing about 10 million imposter profiles and penalizing over 500,000 accounts, while testing a feature to link duplicates to the original creator. Meta faces an $8 billion shareholder lawsuit in Delaware Chancery
Tech News Roundup – July 8, 2025: iOS 26 Redesign, Prime Day Record Deals, Galaxy Unpacked, and AI’s Global Surge

Tech News Roundup – July 8, 2025: iOS 26 Redesign, Prime Day Record Deals, Galaxy Unpacked, and AI’s Global Surge

Apple scaled back the Liquid Glass UI in iOS 26 beta, significantly reducing transparency to improve readability ahead of the September 2025 final release. Prime Day 2025 runs July 8–11 with record-low prices on AirPods Pro 2 (as low as $149 in the US and €199 in Spain) and other Apple gear, MacBook Air with M4, and iPad Air. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025 on July 9 will debut foldables Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 (with a possible Z Fold 7 Ultra), plus One UI 8 security upgrades and the KEEP per-app data encryption architecture. Microsoft Edge with
8 July 2025
E-Commerce Marketplace & Infrastructure Report (June–July 2025)

E-Commerce Marketplace & Infrastructure Report (June–July 2025)

Global Marketplace Highlights (B2C & B2B) Innovations in E-Commerce Infrastructure & Technology Leading e-commerce companies made significant infrastructure and tech upgrades in mid-2025 to improve performance and scalability: Payments and Fintech Updates in E-Commerce The intersection of e-commerce and financial technology saw major developments in June–July 2025, as platforms and payment providers rolled out new options: Logistics & Fulfillment Advances Fast and efficient order fulfillment is a key battleground for e-commerce, and June–July 2025 brought a number of advances in logistics: Regulatory & Policy Developments The mid-2025 period saw significant regulatory actions that impact e-commerce platforms and digital markets globally:
29 June 2025
War-Fueled E-Commerce Boom: Inside Ukraine’s Online Shopping Surge in 2025

War-Fueled E-Commerce Boom: Inside Ukraine’s Online Shopping Surge in 2025

In 2024 Ukraine’s online retail sales totaled about ₴239 billion (≈$6–6.5 billion), roughly one-third higher than 2023. About 11 million Ukrainians were online shoppers in 2024, with online purchases comprising about 16% of total spending and roughly 30 million adults as “active online consumers.” Rozetka generated about ₴45 billion in revenue in 2023 and commanded an estimated 45–50% share of the online retail market, hosting more than 12 million products and 20,000 active marketplace sellers. OLX is Ukraine’s most visited e-commerce site by traffic. Zakaz.ua fulfilled over 1 million orders in 2023, with an approximate ₴5 billion turnover. In 2025,
14 June 2025
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Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

7 February 2026
Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $175 billion–$185 billion, with most spending expected on data-center chips. Broadcom shares rose about 2% after the announcement, while Nvidia and AMD slipped. Jefferies reiterated a buy rating on Broadcom, maintaining a $500 price target, implying a 62% upside from Wednesday’s close.
No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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