{"id":62274,"date":"2015-10-01T18:36:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62274"},"modified":"2016-05-31T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:24:04","slug":"shopify-raises-its-profile-in-waterloo-with-larger-office-plans-to-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/01\/shopify-raises-its-profile-in-waterloo-with-larger-office-plans-to-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopify raises its profile in Waterloo with larger office, plans to hire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WATERLOO, Ont. \u2013 Canadian e-commerce startup Shopify Inc. is raising its profile in the hotbed of the country’s technology sector with plans for a larger office in Waterloo, Ont.<\/p>\n

The Ottawa-based company will announce today it\u2019s making a significant expansion in the region as part of an effort to attract more talent from local universities and other tech companies.<\/p>\n

Shopify (TSX:SH) built its business on helping other companies launch their own web stores using its software platforms.<\/p>\n

This year, Shopify has been growing in leaps and bounds after listing on the public markets in May.<\/p>\n

This month alone, it has secured a new partnership with Amazon for its web store merchants and reached an agreement with Twitter that allows retailers to post one-click purchase buttons on the social media platform.<\/p>\n

The company, which has seen its market value soar to about US$2.6 billion, already has offices in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.<\/p>\n

In Waterloo, Shopify runs a small operation of about 20 employees from a facility that mainly houses local startups.<\/p>\n

Moving to a different office will give it enough space to accommodate up to 300 employees who will be mostly focused on Shopify Plus, its higher-tiered service for heavy volume merchants, said company spokeswoman Janet Park.<\/p>\n

Shopify has about 780 employees across its existing Canadian operations.<\/p>\n

Other large companies have been ramping up their presence in the Waterloo region in the wake of widespread layoffs at smartphone company BlackBerry<\/a><\/strong> (TSX:BB) over the past few years.<\/p>\n

TD Bank (TSX:TD) said Wednesday it would beef up its local staff by adding more than 120 jobs over the next year dedicated to improving digital platforms for its clients.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, news and data company Thomson Reuters announced plans to open a research space in Waterloo where it would experiment with new ways to deliver information to its customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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