Phia Founders Knew About Cookie Stuffing | Business and Finance News

Phia, the shopping app run by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is under fire after internal messages revealed they knowingly inflated sales for months—contradicting their July claim that they’d only “discovered” the cookie-stuffing fraud. The scheme, which falsely claimed over half the merchandise value, caused daily revenue to plummet from $80K to just $10K–$28K after features were disabled. Tactics included auto-dropping cookies every few hours and triggering them on checkout page clicks—even when users tried to close. Major retailers like Nike and Nordstrom were impacted. Phia has removed the offending features, pledged to repay partners, and hired a compliance officer—but their affiliate network has already cut ties and frozen unpaid funds. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/bb24d432284beae8