Solum and Align Partners Asset Management said on Sunday they reached a broad agreement to overhaul the board structure and raise shareholder value. They plan to seek bylaw changes at the 2026 shareholders meeting to make a majority of the board independent and staff key committees entirely with independent directors. The deal also addresses a dispute over redeemable convertible preferred shares and includes measures on audit expansion, incentives and management succession.

E-commerce solution providers are reinforcing functions that integrate and manage multiple external channels around merchants’ own online stores, as multi-channel expansion increases sales opportunities but also raises management burdens. Cafe24’s Cafe24 Pro links product data from a D2C store to external marketplaces to cut repetitive listing and editing work. It supports connections to 17 marketplaces and offers channel-specific pricing, discount policies, shipping settings and promotion calendar features.