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.

Amazon Forces API Overhaul As New Listing Attributes Go Live For Sellers

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Amazon Forces API Overhaul As New Listing Attributes Go Live For Sellers

Ivana Soldat

Amazon quietly updated its Selling Partner API documentation to enforce new attribute usage and enumeration values across numerous product types. ...

AI Automation Is Devouring The Entry Level Talent Pipeline As Executives Admit To Hiring Freezes

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AI Automation Is Devouring The Entry Level Talent Pipeline As Executives Admit To Hiring Freezes

Ivana Soldat

The promise of artificial intelligence in the workplace was supposed to augment human capability, not replace the foundational rung of ...

McDonald’s Targets A $1 Billion Media Empire By Monetizing Captive Drive Thru Audiences

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McDonald’s Targets A $1 Billion Media Empire By Monetizing Captive Drive Thru Audiences

Ivana Soldat

The era of the drive thru as a purely transactional space is ending. McDonald’s announced plans to transform its digital ...

Lazada Claims A Ten Percent Surge In Million Dollar Brands As Overall Market Share Slips To Nine Percent

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Lazada Claims A Ten Percent Surge In Million Dollar Brands As Overall Market Share Slips To Nine Percent

Ivana Soldat

Lazada recently announced that its 9.9 Mega Brands Sale drove a ten percent increase in brands generating at least one ...

Referral Revenue Now Drives Thirty Percent Of New DTC Volume

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Referral Revenue Now Drives Thirty Percent Of New DTC Volume As Paid CAC Remains Structurally Elevated

Ivana Soldat

For most of the last decade, the dominant direct-to-consumer growth model was straightforward, yet expensive. Brands acquired customers through Meta ...

A Fake Deodorant Brand Costing Eleven Dollars Easily Hijacked The AI Shelf

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A Fake Deodorant Brand Costing Eleven Dollars Easily Hijacked The AI Shelf

Ivana Soldat

Brands have spent the last decade optimizing for physical retail shelves and digital search engine results. Now they face a ...

interview with the founders of pretti.cool

Ecommerce Leaders & Interviews

Pretti.Cool on Building a Creative Business Without Becoming a Content Machine

Ivana Soldat

The Houston studio has spent nearly a decade hand-casting playful concrete objects, working with major retailers and hotels, and learning ...

Amazon Expands Multichannel Fulfillment To Lock Merchants Into Prime Delivery Off Platform

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Amazon Expands Multichannel Fulfillment To Lock Merchants Into Prime Delivery Off Platform

Ivana Soldat

Amazon is aggressively extending its logistics tentacles beyond its own marketplace. The company announced that new and existing Multichannel Fulfillment ...

Temu Outsources Compliance Education To Testing Giants As Global Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies

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Temu Outsources Compliance Education To Testing Giants As Global Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies

Ivana Soldat

Temu announced an expansion of its seller education programs in collaboration with eight global product testing and certification organizations. The ...

TikTok Shop Targets Heavy Item Margins With New Logistics Fees Up To 65,000 VND Per Package

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TikTok Shop Targets Heavy Item Margins With New Logistics Fees in Vietnam

Ivana Soldat

Social commerce platforms are systematically shifting the financial burden of logistical friction onto their merchant base. TikTok Shop announced a ...