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.

USPS Broke Its Own Postage System and Kept Charging Sellers Anyway

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USPS Broke Its Own Postage System and Kept Charging Sellers Anyway

Ivana Soldat

The USPS Automated Package Verification system has, since launching in 2017, collected more than $1.4 billion in underpaid postage and ...

Congress Is Trying to Give Amazon Sellers the Right to Sue Amazon

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Congress Is Trying to Give Amazon Sellers the Right to Sue Amazon

Ivana Soldat

Every marketplace seller has a version of the same story. The email arrives with no warning. Account suspended. Funds held. ...

Interview with the Founders of Tyndrum Pottery

Ecommerce Leaders & Interviews

Interview with the Founders of Tyndrum Pottery

Ivana Soldat

Today I sat down with Nicola & Iain behind Tyndrum Pottery, a family-run ceramics studio in the Scottish Highlands. Nicola ...

Google Just Told You Which Products People Are Actually Clicking on in Your Ads.

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Google Just Told You Which Products People Are Actually Clicking on in Your Ads

Ivana Soldat

Here is a question that ecommerce advertisers running Performance Max campaigns could not answer twelve months ago: which specific products ...

Google Just Made AI Ad Creative Better. Every Platform Also Just Made AI Ad Disclosure Mandatory.

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Google Just Made AI Ad Creative Better. Every Platform Also Just Made AI Ad Disclosure Mandatory.

Ivana Soldat

The timing of Google’s latest update to its AI image generation tool is worth noting. The new feature, spotted this ...

Interview with Elemental Wellness Shop

Ecommerce Leaders & Interviews

Interview with the Founder of Elemental Wellness Shop

Ivana Soldat

Today I sat down with the founder of Elemental Wellness Shop, a handcrafted wellness brand built on skincare, herbal remedies, ...

Stripe Just Posted Its Fastest Growth Since 2021. The Reason Is Not What You Would Expect.

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Stripe Just Posted Its Fastest Growth Since 2021. The Reason Is Not What You Would Expect.

Ivana Soldat

Stripe’s 2025 results are impressive by any absolute measure. Revenue of $6.8 billion, up roughly a third year over year, ...

China’s Online Shopping Festivals are Running Out of Growth

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China’s Online Shopping Festivals are Running Out of Growth

Ivana Soldat

There is a pattern in how economic weakness shows up in ecommerce data before it shows up in headline retail ...

New Jersey Just Made It Illegal to Charge You More Because an Algorithm Decided You Would Pay It

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New Jersey Just Made It Illegal to Charge You More Because an Algorithm Decided You Would Pay It

Ivana Soldat

Surveillance pricing has been one of those practices that everyone in ecommerce knew was happening and nobody could quite prove ...

Temu Lost 3.6 Million Polish Users in Six Months. Allegro Is Back in the Lead.

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Temu Lost 3.6 Million Polish Users in Six Months. Allegro Is Back in the Lead.

Ivana Soldat

The Polish ecommerce market has been one of the most closely watched battlegrounds in European digital commerce for the past ...