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.
Recharge Acquires Skio in $20B GMV Consolidation Play
Recharge announced on May 1, 2026 that it is acquiring Skio, combining two of Shopify’s largest subscription management platforms into ...
OpenAI Updates ChatGPT Pixel for EU Privacy Compliance as Ad Platform Expands Globally
OpenAI has quietly modified its ChatGPT conversion tracking pixel to support consent management and country-level targeting, technical changes that signal ...
Temu Faces Class Action Over Deceptive Email Marketing in California
Temu is defending itself against a class action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court that accuses the Chinese-owned ...
BigCommerce Adds AI Discovery Tools and Checkout Speed Boost
BigCommerce parent company Commerce announced a suite of platform updates at Commerce Live 2026 that push merchant product catalogs directly ...
WooCommerce Launches Health Check Tool for Subscription Merchants
WooCommerce has released a diagnostic tool designed to help merchants identify revenue leaks and configuration problems in their subscription businesses. ...
Shein and Temu Drain €2.4bn From German Economy Annually
Chinese discount platforms Shein and Temu are extracting €2.4 billion in economic value from Germany each year through a combination ...
Amazon Reports 15% Unit Growth in Q1, Third-Party Sellers Hit 60% Share
Amazon posted 15% year-over-year growth in worldwide paid units during the first quarter of 2026, the strongest volume increase the ...
OpenAI shifts to $8 tier as Plus subscriptions plummet 80%
OpenAI is projecting a dramatic restructuring of its consumer subscription base in 2026, with its lower-priced ChatGPT Go tier expected ...
Square Launches Managerbot AI Assistant to Millions of U.S. Sellers in Open Beta
Square has opened Managerbot, an AI-powered business operations assistant, to a significantly broader group of US sellers through an open ...
Google and Mastercard Hand AI Payment Protocols to FIDO Alliance
Google and Mastercard have transferred their competing AI agent payment frameworks to the FIDO Alliance, the standards body best known ...
