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  • 1847 Goedeker Inc. (GOED) stock surged in the current trading session; here’s why

    1847 Goedeker Inc. (GOED) stock surged in the current trading session; here’s why

    In the current trading session, 1847 Goedeker Inc. (GOED) stock had surged by 20.72% to $4.02 at last check. GOED stock previously closed the session at $3.33. The GOED stock volume traded 12.64 million shares. GOED stock has moved up in the past week by 12.50%. In the past three and six months, the GOED shares have shed -63.57%, and -48.77% respectively. Furthermore, Goedeker is currently valued in the market at $358.91 million and has 6.11 million outstanding shares.

    Here’s what you need to know about 1847 Goedeker

    1847 Goedeker Inc. is an e-commerce company that has a platform online to sell appliances, equipment, and furniture. The company specifically and categorically sells commercial appliances for business clients and sells fitness equipment, televisions, appliances for outdoor, plumbing and sanitary fixtures, and patio-based furniture. The company also provides installation services and replacement of old appliances, like the products it sells complement these services. Goedekers made the one of the biggest online retailers of domestic equipment in the US. Goedekers is a regarded cross-country omnichannel retailer that offers one-stop shopping for public and worldwide brands. Goedekers and Appliances Connection convey numerous easily recognized name-brands, including Bosch, Cafe, Frigidaire Pro, Whirlpool, LG, and Samsung, and conveys many significant extravagance machine brands like Miele, Thermador, La Cornue, Dacor, Ilve, Wolf, Jenn-Air, Viking among others. GOED stock was founded as a company in 1951 and is based in Ballwin, Missouri.

    There is a strong financial and operational report for GOED in Q2

    1847 Goedeker has shown a positively impactful report for the revenue in May 2021. This includes the strong growth up by approximately 42% from the previous year’s same month period to $44.3 million in May 2021. The reported number of written orders is estimated to be $72.6 million.

    The company is continuously operating at a benchmark rate of $500 million revenue annually through May. Operations-wise, the company is strengthening and expanding its logistics channel which also includes shipping optimization. GOED stock has done this by creating a vast network and communicating with essential vendors on providing speedier shipping to customers with creating efficiency by cutting cost as well. This will help the company accelerate its share growth in the market while innovating and competing dynamically in the consumer appliances market which is estimated at $22.9 billion and predicted to reach $40 billion in 2025 thanks to a 13.7% CAGR.

    The company’s fill rate has slouched to 61% which is below the historical benchmark rate of 85%. The consumer demand is expected to pace and the production/manufacturing will catch up to consumer demand in the latter part of the third quarter. The company has sealed the Appliances Connection acquisition for 2 weeks and is now scaling the growth of its Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) model of current investment. The company’s next aim is to look forward to adding additional fulfillment centers and capabilities in the key market especially in Texas, California, and Florida. Furthermore, GOED stock will announce details regarding the opening of a third facility in the coming weeks.

  • How Come ContextLogic (WISH) Stock Is Rallying Today?

    As of last check, the price of ContextLogic Inc. (Nasdaq:WISH) shares was up 15.90% to $11.59 after closing at $10.00 on Friday. ContextLogic stock was fluctuating between $9.94 and $11.79. A total of 128.86 million shares were exchanged, higher than WISH stock’s year-to-date average daily volume of 15.14 million.

    WISH has gained 20.63% in the last week, but has lost -46.35% over the past quarter. Today, the announcement that ContextLogic has partnered with a leading e-commerce platform boosted the WISH stock.

    Who is ContextLogic partnered with?

    As the fastest-growing global ecommerce platform headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2010, ContextLogic connects millions of value-conscious shoppers from over 100 countries to over half a million merchants around the world. As part of its mission to create an engaging and personalized shopping experience for its users, WISH combines technology and data science capabilities with an innovative mobile discovery platform.

    A partnership between ContextLogic and popular e-commerce platform PrestaShop was announced today.

    • WISH will enable more than 300,000 merchants and brands on the PrestaShop platform to sell to millions of customers quickly and easily.
    • With this new direct integration module, PrestaShop merchants can connect directly to WISH’s merchant dashboard as part of the PrestaShop platform.
    • Products and orders will be synchronized between PrestaShop and WISH through the module.
    • Additionally, PrestaShop merchants will have access to marketing and sales support as well as a number of special incentives.

    Will the partnership benefit WISH?

    “Trusted Partner” status will be granted to ContextLogic (WISH) on PrestaShop, as well as access to special landing pages for merchants. As a result of this partnership, WISH will provide Prestashop merchants with a global platform to conduct business and will be able to provide its own customers with even more quality merchants and brands.

  • Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (ICON) Stock Surges Following News of Acquisition in “Go Private” Transaction

    Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (ICON) stock prices surged by 27.3469% shortly after the trading day commenced, bringing the price per share up to USD$3.12 early on in the trading day.

    Acquisition of ICON

    The company announced on June 11th, 2021 that it had entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger that would oversee ICON being acquired by Iconix Acquisition Corp, an affiliate of Lancer Capital. The agreement will result in an all-cash transaction that will set the value of ICON at roughly USD$585 million, which will include existing net debt.

    Background of Decision

    This news comes after the company spent a year examining potential strategic alternatives for the company before deciding to authorize the merger. ICON is expected to continue developing its brand and supporting its partners after its transition into a private company, with its Board of Directors deeming this to be the best choice in the interests of their shareholders.

    Pricing of Transaction

    As per the agreement, the Purchaser will initiate a tender offer that will see the acquisition of all of the company’s outstanding shares of its common stock. The pricing has been set at USD$3.15 per share of common stock, in cash.  The offer price per share includes a 28.6% premium over the stock’s closing price on June 10th, 2021, the last trading day prior to the announcement. The agreed-upon price represented a 46.5% premium over the 30-day average volume-weighted share price for the period ended June 10th, 2021.

    Details about the Deal

    Shares that are not tendered as a part of the offer will be acquired in a second-step merger, with the pricing being the same as the cash price paid in the initial offer. The closing of the transaction is contingent on the satisfaction of a minimum tender condition, clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, and other typical closing conditions. Following the completion of the transaction, which is expected for the third quarter of fiscal 2021, ICON will be a private company.

    Future Outlook for ICON

    Armed with the additional resources that stem from its acquisition, ICON is poised to capitalize on its expanded opportunities. The company is keen to continue its trajectory of success in its push for further growth. Current and potential investors are hopeful that management will leverage the resources are their disposal to facilitate significant and sustained increases in shareholder value.

  • Is There Any Reason As To Why The NBIO Stock Expanded By 19%?

    Is There Any Reason As To Why The NBIO Stock Expanded By 19%?

    Nascent Biotech Inc (OTCQB: NBIO) closed at $0.0835 after gaining 19.29% last session. Nascent stock market capitalization now stands at $8.94 million. NBIO stock traded 1.70M shares recently, exceeding its average daily volume of 405.01K. NBIO stock rose as enrollment in the second cohort of the in-Human trial began.

    Why did NBIO conduct that trial?

    A clinical-stage biotech company, Nascent (NBIO) is developing monoclonal antibodies that will be used to treat cancer and viral infections. As of today, NBIO’s products aren’t commercially available. A monoclonal antibody (Mab), Pritumumab (PTB), is NBIO’s lead candidate for treating Brain Cancer. In line with NBIO’s COVID-19 treatment development program, PTB has been introduced as a treatment option.

    For its Phase, I trial for brain cancer, Nascent (NBIO) has begun enrolling patients for the second cohort in dosing. The NBIO trial may now attain the highest level of safety and efficacy without toxicity by doubling its dosage levels from the first cohort.

    In Phase I of the NBIO study, patients are continuing to enroll. The site www.clinicaltrials.gov lets interested parties review trial requirements and search for Pritumumab.

    How is NBIO handling it?

    NBIO completed its first cohort very quickly and is now enrolled in the second cohort of its dose escalation study. Natural human antibodies do their work bind to epithelial cancer cells’ surface proteins, Vimentin and Cell surface antibodies. The Nascent (NBIO) division uses PTB as immunotherapy to target only cancer cells and not healthy cells.

  • Athenex Inc. (NASDAQ:ATNX) stock surged in the current trading session; here’s why

    Athenex Inc. (NASDAQ:ATNX) stock surged in the current trading session; here’s why

    In the current trading session, Athenex Inc. (ATNX) shares surged by 38.27% to the price of $5.13 at the last check. ATNX stock previously closed at $3.71. The ATNX stock volume traded 187.08 million shares, while the average three-month trading volume has been 3.31M. In the past year, up-to-date ATNX shares have slumped by -59.05% and the ATNX stock has furthermore slumped -10.17% in the past week. In the past three and six months, the ATNX stock shed -73.42% and-67.46%. Furthermore, Athenex Inc. has a current value in the market worth $351.00 million and has 93.39 million outstanding shares.

    What is recently happening in Athenex Inc.?

    Athenex Inc (NASDAQ: ATNX) announced on 4th May 2021, that it has acquired the leading developer of off-the-shelf CAR-NKT cell immunotherapies. This company is known as Kuur Therapeutics, Inc. which develops treatments for solid and hematological malignancies.

    Athenex is looking forward to working and collaborating with Kuur Therapeutics and bringing its innovative platform to Athenex’s own. The potential of this platform merging with the TCR program of Athenex can significantly climb the combined company to a leading position in the cell therapy market. Athenex had eyed this deal for other possible collaboration and combined resource synergy for future pipeline deals.

    The Athenex has the first generation of cell therapy treatments that are focused on autologous CAR-T. However, these cell therapy treatments have limitations. These limitations are exactly why Kuur Therapeutics’ NKT cell platform can become significantly relevant. The NKT cell platform when combined with the TCR program, can bring out innovative new approaches for the NKT cell platform which can provide a solution to address the known limitations associated with the cell therapy treatments.

    News of the Athenex-Kuur merger has surged the ATNX stock

    CAR-NKT cells are unique compared to other cell therapy-based immune effector cells due to their certain advantages over them. The acceleration of providing effective treatment for solid and hematological tumors will give Athenex operations and stock an edge in the cell therapy market. Investors are rounding up towards this newly found potential and hoping for operation and profit growth in the company as well as improvement in the performance of ATNX stock. The news of the acquisition caused the ATNX stock to rise in the premarket trading session today.

    Definitive agreements in the merger deal

    The agreement undersigns Athenex to an upfront payment of $70 million to Kuur Therapeutics’s shareholders which also includes certain former employees and directors. This consists primarily of equity in ATNX common stock. Athenex has also made it eligible for the shareholders to receive up to $115 million of milestone payments. The company will offer these payments in either cash or common stock provision which is at its sole discretion.

  • Majority of South Korean population supports controversial law

    Majority of South Korean population supports controversial law

    A South Korean television station YTN conducted an opinion poll on the crypto law which is set to go live in January 2022. The Korea Herald reported that 53% of 500 participants are in favor of the controversial law and support it. The survey was carried out by survey firm Realmeter.

    South Korea has been one of the most active countries in the crypto sphere of the East. The country has gone back and forth with cryptocurrency regulation and the government’s stance on cryptocurrencies. Where on one hand, there is worry about the increase in criminal activities due to cryptocurrencies, there is also the realization of the importance of the blockchain technology.

    A crackdown was launched because of the rampant increase in money laundering and tax evasion in the country because of cryptocurrencies. The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies makes them a hotspot for illegal activities. But South Korea took strict actions to curb the problem. The crackdown is set to last till June. Regulators have joined forces and scrutiny on the cryptocurrency market has been increased.

    Amidst the crackdown, various laws have also been passed. The Act on Reporting and Using Specified Transaction Information requires accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges to be based only on real names. The most controversial law is set to launch in January 2022 which imposes a 20% capital gains tax on profits from cryptocurrencies.

    The survey conducted revealed that younger population – in their twenties – are more likely to oppose the law as that segment of the population is majorly active in cryptocurrency investment. While older population segment and females are more likely to support the law. With the controversy surrounding the new law, the new prime minister nomination has also tried to assure the masses that he will look into it to ensure there are no victims.

  • Ocugen, Inc. (OCGN) stock falls in Pre-Market today: Why is it so?

    Ocugen, Inc. (OCGN) stock falls in Pre-Market today: Why is it so?

    Shares of Ocugen, Inc. (OCGN) stock were down in the per market trading session today after recording the gain of 6.69% with an $11.96 per share price. OCGN stock price went down by 3.60% to drop at $11.53 a share at the time of this writing. There is no particular activity by the Ocugen today however OCGN stock on April 28, 2021, announced the closing of a previously announced registered direct offering of common stock. Let’s explore more about OCGN stock.

    What’s happening?

    There is no specific reason behind the declining stock price of the OCGN stock today. No signs of analysts’ downgrade or shrank targeted per share price of the OCGN stock have been in the recent news. The most recent activity by the Ocugen stock is that it announced the closing of the previously announced registered direct offering of its common stock. OCGN stock offered 10 million shares of its common stock to healthcare-focused institutional investors at a purchase price of $10 per share. The gross proceeds resulting from this offering were roughly $100 million without the deduction of placement agent’s fees and other offering-related expenses which Ocugen has to pay.

    Net proceeds resulted from this offering would be used for general corporate purposes and capital expenditures by the OCGN stock. Moreover, part of the proceeds will also be used in the working capital as well as general and administrative expenses by the Ocugen stock.

    COVID-19 Vaccine Development:

    About a week ago, OCGN’s partner Bharat Biotech announced positive data for the second interim analysis of the phase 3 study of Covaxin. According to the data, Covaxin showed 100% efficacy against severe COVID-19 disease, and efficacy of 78% was shown by Covaxin candidate against mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19 disease. After getting encouraging results from the phase 3 study, Ocugen stock is hoping to win the EUA for Covaxin. Currently, Covaxin has been playing a major role in the fight against deadly pandemic in India.

    Conclusion:

    OCGN stock is gloomy so far in the stock market but it showed considerable overall growth in recent times.The positive results of the phase 3 study of Covaxin are the main reason behind this growth but still OCGN stock is lagging in the race of COVID-19 vaccine development as companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson& Johnson have already contracted the U.S government for the supply of millions of vaccine doses.

  • Inuvo Inc (INUV) stock surged in the current trading session; find out why

    Inuvo Inc (INUV) stock surged in the current trading session; find out why

    In the current trading session, Inuvo Inc. (INUV) stock has surged by 14.81% to $0.88 at the time of writing. INUV stock previously closed the session at $0.77. The INUV stock volume traded today at 2.75 million shares, while the average 3 months volume traded at 7.57 million. In the last 5 consecutive trading sessions, the INUV stock has jumped by 4.72%. In the past year, INUV shares soared by 242.49%. Furthermore, Inuvo Inc. is currently valued in the market at $89.75 million and has 97.94 million outstanding shares.

    Inuvo Inc.’s background operations

    Inuvo Inc. is a technology company that specifically focuses on information technology solutions and services business model. The company develops and sells information technology solutions; its product offering includes identifying the customers who are basically online audiences and messaging them regarding various products and sales pitch. This is done across many channels and formats that include mobile, connected TV, social media.

    Use of AI technology for digital and modern marketing

    The Inuvo’s platform allows advertisers and publishers to purchase advertising space in real time. Valiclick is the company’s marketing services which are provided either online or indirectly to various advertisers. This marketing service combines data analytics, digital marketing, and software to direct the tailored audience and platform for the merchant advertising messages with consumers (anonymous identity).

    Inuvo has also dwelled into the artificial intelligence segment to enhance its marketing services. IntentKey is an artificial intelligence system that recognizes the consumers’ intent and behavior pattern when visiting and surfing through the internet and specifically websites.

    Saracen Casino Resort utilizes IntentKey across all media channels

    On 22nd April 2021, Inuvo inc. made a press release that describes how their proprietary Artificial intelligence System- IntentKey has helped with the marketing strategy and provided artificial intelligence-based data and analytics to give insight into the behaviors of the audience for the Saracen Casino Resort.

    Saracen Casino Resort is Arkansas’ only purpose-built casino. The agency of record for the largest and most sophisticated casino is Heathcott Associates that aimed to use the most highly advanced and latest cutting edge marketing tactics for the Casino Resort. This is where Inuvo Inc. entered the picture with its AI-generated insights; the aim was to somehow generate month-over-month revenue growth even in pandemic and for that, they needed highly specialized and tailored marketing leads.

    The IntentKey adjusts and collects real-time data based on how consumers change their behaviors on websites and the internet. It then tailors that data and incorporates it into its insights which helps the marketing team initiate a strategy for marketing and attract an audience.

    IntentKey is Inuvo Inc.’s superior and cutting edge marketing solution

    Saracen Casino Resort saw the potential of IntentKey and implemented a budget in which the AI marketing system was incorporated with every media channel and platform. The AI platform has proved itself to be a cutting-edge marketing tool in the digital marketing era that stands out and attracts a lot of heavy clients and huge projects – which translate to great revenue margins the Inuvo Inc. and attractive information technology stock for people to invest in.

  • Casper Sleep Inc (CSPR) stock surged in the current trading session; here’s why

    Casper Sleep Inc (CSPR) stock surged in the current trading session; here’s why

    At last check, Casper Sleep Inc. (CSPR) stock surged by 26.14% to $8.88 in the current trading session. CSPR stock previously closed at $7.04. The stock volume traded today is 10.96 million shares. 3 months average volume of stock trade is 696.52k. In the past year, CSPR stock jumped by 11.75%. In the last three and six months, the stock plunged -7.85% and -6.88% respectively.

    Analyst updates rating on CSPR stock

    Today Casper Sleep Inc. also surged as trading got underway in the first hour of the session. This was due to external news related to analyst rating. Wedbush analyst made an upgrade from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform rating” with the target price adjusted to $10.50 from $10.0. This positive analyst rating always attracts good news and confidence from the investors which had caused a jump of 28% in the first half-hour of trading.

    CSPR Stock’s product offering

    Casper Sleep Inc. was formerly a mattress company known as Providence Mattress Company that produced mattresses however it changed the name in January 2014. Afterwards, Casper Sleep produced, designed and sold a variety of sleep centric products and services. These product offerings include sleep related products like mattresses, pillow, bed sheets, sleep accessories and gadgets, along with other services.

    The company has an award winning R&D team at Casper Labs that designs the sleep-centric products. It has an online retail platform now and operates 67 retail stores along with 20 retail partners.

    Introducing new line of innovative Casper Cooling Collection

    Analyst rating isn’t the only thing that had improved about CSPR stock; the company’s basis of operations expanded to a new innovative product line which attractive features. On 20th April, Casper Sleep Inc. (NYSE: CSPR) announced a new line of innovative sleep products known as Casper Cooling Collection. This innovative line of products are specialized to give cooling effects which was done thanks to R&D’s efforts on utilizing the most advance technological solutions to optimize the cooling effect during sleep.

    Research Development team came out with a research study that concluded that the most important variable that affects the sleep quality during the night is temperature. The study showed 64% of the people surveyed had reported that the most common temperature problem while sleeping is the irregularity and irritability of sweating and overheating.

    What does this new product mean for the company?

    What the company essentially is figure out another niche in the sleep-related products and met the niche demand using their innovative and creative technological resources to bring about the solution- Casper Cooling Collection.  The new line of products contains the company’s proprietary Snow Technology.

    Furthermore, the whole suite of the collection includes Hyperlite Sheets, Lightweight Duvets, Breathable Mattress Protector. The Snow Technology mattresses consist of two main mattresses known as Casper Nova Hybrid Snow Mattress and Casper Wave Hybrid Snow Mattress which have the innovative feature of pulling away the heat from your body on the mattress.

    Overall the mattress combines four unique features to generate as much comfort through cooling and has undergone 150 lab tests by the Casper R&D team which showed sustained temperature regulations.

  • UP Fintech Holding Limited (TIGR) stock surged in the current trading session; find out why

    UP Fintech Holding Limited (TIGR) stock surged in the current trading session; find out why

    In the current trading session, UP Fintech Holding Limited (TIGR) stock surged by 10.75% to the price of $20.30 at the time of writing. TIGR stock previously closed the session at $18.33. The TIGR stock volume traded today about 5.96 million shares. While the average day trading volume for the past 3 months has been 10.10 million. This shows that the number of hands exchanged in today’s trading session were less compared to the average.

    In the past year, TIGR stock has surged by 534.26%. However, in the past week, the stock dropped by-3.12%. In the past three and six months, the shares have has lost -0.43%, while gaining 288.35% respectively. Furthermore, UP Fintech Holding Limited (TIGR) currently has a market value of $2.56 billion and has 141.33 million outstanding shares.

    Tiger Brokers have transformed retail brokerage to online brokerage

    Tiger Brokers is a leading online brokerage firm that specifically focuses on the serving of global investors with stock trading brokerage services. It operates its services in major markets of the US, Hong Kong, UK, and other markets. The company has shifted to online platform from retail brokerage firm, in order to innovatively approach the brokerage business through the new era of digitization and ease of access at the touch of your phone. The online brokerage now covers not only brokerage but also ESOP, wealth management and investment banking.

    TIGR stock worked together with Aurora Mobile to expand its online brokerage capabilities while strengthening the TIGR APP’s core and functions. Aurora Mobile is China’s leading mobile developer service provider and suits to be the partner for TIGR since it focuses on adapting to the needs of the developers and has provided 1.65 million APPs with software development kits (SDK). Aurora Mobile will utilize its Artificial Intelligence based technology and developer expertise to TIGR’s vision of providing smooth and enhanced push notification services and deep-learning based analytical capabilities and data processing.

    For the year 2020, TIGR had its revenue doubled for 3 consecutive quarters which made it the fastest growing stock broker in the United States and Hong Kong. As of October 2020, the company has surpassed the milestone of 1 million accounts on its brokerage platform.

    Announcement of becoming a new distributor for OTC equities

    On 7th April 2021, Tiger Brokers had been announced as a new distributor by the OTC Markets Group Inc. for the Real-Time Level 2+ Quotes.

    This was a deal-maker step for TIGR stock as now its clients have access to the QTCQX®, QTCB® and Pink® market securities’ real-time depth of book pricing. Leveraging the data on OTC equity securities makes the roster of TIGER online brokerage platform more expansive and allows diverse assistance for trading/decision making for equity investments.

    The real-time data and insights makes it more attractive for investors to join the TIGR platform as it provides now an increased options of investment for subscribers and encourages participation in financial market through informed decision making guidance.