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Global Markets

Who Will Win Japan’s Luxury E-Commerce Race?

Marketplace giants like Rakuten and Zozo, local department stores and foreign e-tailers are battling for supremacy in Japan’s lagging but lucrative online fashion market.

Global Markets

Who Will Win Japan’s Luxury E-Commerce Race?

Marketplace giants like Rakuten and Zozo, local department stores and foreign e-tailers are battling for supremacy in Japan’s lagging but lucrative online fashion market.


Retail

In Japan's Largest E-Commerce Deal, Rakuten Acquires Ebates For $1 Billion

TOKYO, Japan — Rakuten Inc. agreed to buy U.S. rebates website Ebates Inc. in Japan's largest e-commerce deal on record as the operator of the

Retail

In Japan's Largest E-Commerce Deal, Rakuten Acquires Ebates For $1 Billion

TOKYO, Japan — Rakuten Inc. agreed to buy U.S. rebates website Ebates Inc. in Japan's largest e-commerce deal on record as the operator of 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

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