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.

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Ecommerce News

The Salesforce Insider Who Got Tired of Watching AI Break in Production Just Raised $10M

Ivana Soldat

Tribal is betting that enterprise AI keeps flopping not because the models are bad, but because nobody bothered to actually ...

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Ecommerce News

Shoppers Will Wait. Just Don’t Make Them Pay for Shipping.

Ivana Soldat

A new McKinsey survey confirms what any budget-conscious online shopper already knew: free delivery beats fast delivery, every single time. ...

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Ecommerce News

Walmart’s AI Sparky Is Basically Shopping for You Now

Ivana Soldat

The retail giant’s AI agent is spending money faster than your impulsive cousin at a sample sale, and the numbers ...

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Ecommerce News

Spain’s Best-Kept Economic Secret Has Had Enough of Being Quiet

Ivana Soldat

Francisco Aranda opened eLogistics Connect 2026 with a call for the sector to stop playing it humble and start owning ...

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Ecommerce News

Google Wants to Own Your Shopping Cart, Too

Ivana Soldat

The Universal Cart promises to let you shop across Nike, Target, Wayfair and more in a single checkout. Whether you ...

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Ecommerce News

Nuvo and Avalara Decide That Tax Paperwork Should Not Be a Personality Trait

Ivana Soldat

The two companies have joined forces to collapse credit applications and tax compliance into a single workflow, sparing B2B suppliers ...

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eBay Tweaks Postage Rates for Three Weeks, and Nobody Knows Why

Ivana Soldat

eBay has announced a temporary price change for USPS Ground Advantage shipments purchased through its eBay Labels programme. The catch? ...

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Ecommerce News

The EU’s New Product Safety Rules Are Coming for Every Online Seller — Not Just Temu

Ivana Soldat

The European Union is holding online marketplaces accountable. And while Temu and Shein have been hogging the headlines, Brussels has ...

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Ecommerce News

eBay Is Finally Standardizing Fashion Sizes, and Your Listings Have Until July to Get With the Programme

Ivana Soldat

eBay is rolling out mandatory size standardization for all apparel and footwear listings, and sellers who have been getting away ...

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Indonesia Finally Tells E-Commerce Giants to Stop Making Up Fee Names

Ivana Soldat

Indonesia’s Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises is drafting a regulation to cap and standardize the fees that e-commerce platforms ...