Articles by: Ivana Soldat
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Ivana Soldat
Ivana writes about what’s actually happening in ecommerce right now, from major platform updates to the trends on how people shop online.
Focused on verified industry developments, she covers marketplace dynamics, DTC and omnichannel growth, conversion and performance strategies, retail media, and shifts in consumer behavior across leading ecommerce platforms and emerging commerce technologies.
93% of Ecommerce Brands Changed Their Inventory Strategy This Year. They All Did It Differently.
The finding that deserves the most attention is the one CEO Andrew Curtis highlights himself: “It’s not the 93% that ...
68% of SMBs Have Customers Surprised by Duties at Delivery. FedEx Just Built a Tool to Fix That.
The international shipping compliance problem for small and medium ecommerce businesses is not a documentation problem. It is a timing ...
When Meta Ads Stop Working, Everyone Blames the Algorithm
For three years, the formula worked. An Italian beauty brand was spending roughly €700 to €800 a day on Meta ...
The $1.1 Trillion US Consumer Goods Market Is Splitting in Two
The more than $1.1 trillion FMCG market is increasingly polarising, with growth concentrated in premium and value tiers while mainstream ...
Amazon Just Announced Its 2026 Peak Season Surcharges. They Are Higher Than Last Year, and a 3.5% Fuel Surcharge Stacks on Top.
We covered the USPS peak season surcharge announcement last week, which takes effect October 4 through January 17, 2027. The ...
YouTube Will Now Apply Disclosure Labels Without Asking. It Is Also Testing Whether It Can Replace Your Affiliate Merchant.
YouTube is retiring “Paid Product Placement” and replacing it with “Branded Content,” described as alignment with industry-standard language. Three new ...
Shopify Just Updated Its AI Agent Protocol
Shopify and Google co-developed Universal Commerce Protocol to create an open standard for AI agents to connect and transact with ...
China’s Ecommerce Giants Spent Billions on Free Delivery. Now They Want to Sell You a Doll in 20 Minutes.
A Beijing resident named Jiang Yanxin ordered a “Niu Lai” doll, a character from a viral animated film, while travelling ...
Vietnamese Manufacturers Are Done Waiting for Orders. They Are Building Brands on Amazon Instead.
The traditional Vietnamese manufacturing story has been a variation on the same theme for 30 years: competitive labour costs, reliable ...
eBay Disabled Private Messaging on Its Community Forum Because the Phishing Got Too Bad to Filter
The phishing attempts arriving through eBay Community direct messages are, by eBay’s own admission, “very difficult to identify as phishing ...
