Welcome back 🎉 — What you missed over the holidays. Shopify’s getting in the ads business. And some predictions from us.

If you’ve been avoiding the news for the past ten days, don’t stress—that’s what the holidays are for. We’re here to get you caught up on the big stories you might have missed while spending your time on more festive matters.

Changes by Apple to limit how companies track iPhone users has created an opportunity for Shopify to turn its advertising business into a growth engine this year, president Harley Finkelstein told the Financial Times.

We thought we would end off our special first episode of the year with some predictions from The Peak team.

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