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In Japan, Mobile Commerce Attracts New Capital

Many young Japanese consumers now use their phone as their preferred shopping device and investors are piling into all kinds of fashion apps from styling guides to flash sales. JapanConsuming reports.

Global Markets

In Japan, Mobile Commerce Attracts New Capital

Many young Japanese consumers now use their phone as their preferred shopping device and investors are piling into all kinds of fashion apps from styling guides to flash sales. JapanConsuming reports.


News & Analysis

Japanese Online Retailer Rakuten Expects to Defy European Gloom

LONDON, United Kingdom — The head of Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc is used to defying convention, having quit the safety of a job at the

News & Analysis

Japanese Online Retailer Rakuten Expects to Defy European Gloom

LONDON, United Kingdom — The head of Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc is used to defying convention, having quit the safety of a job at the