1 Month After Reported MNC Split, Rakuten Issues Statement About Commitment to Indonesia
Nikkei first broke the news last month that the joint venture between MNC and Rakuten (JSD:4755) is ...
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Rakuten Branches Out to Asia (Live Blog)
Shin Hasegawa, assistant CMO and head of Asia marketing at Rakuten (JSD:4755), is onstage now to dis...
MNC and Rakuten: Why the Sudden Break Up?
Last night’s news of Rakuten (JSD:4755) breaking up its joint venture with MNC in Indonesia se...
What Rakuten Taught Me After We Got Acquired (Startup Asia Preview)
Pawoot Pongvitayapanu (pictured) – known to many as Pom – is the founder of Tarad.com, o...
Rakuten Sets Up $10 Million Startup Strategic Fund in Southeast Asia
Following Rakuten’s new Asia headquarters in Singapore, the Japanese e-commerce giant has laun...
Rakuten Opens Singapore Base, Eyes Southeast Asia Expansion
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (JSD:4755) now has a regional headquarters situated at One George ...
Rakuten Rolls Out ‘Smartpay’ Mobile Payments Solution
I suppose given that many other companies have already launched smartphone payments solutions in Jap...
Japan’s Rakuten Acquires Alpha Direct Services with Aim of Improving Logistics
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (JSD:4755) announced (pdf) today that it has acquired French logis...
Coffee Chat: What Rakuten Taught Me After We Got Acquired (Live Blog)
Currently onstage now is the founder of Thailand’s e-commerce site Tarad.com, Pawoot Pongvitayapan...
Rakuten Travel Sees Huge Revenue Growth in Southeast Asia and China
Rakuten isn’t all about e-commerce or its Kobo e-reader. It also runs Rakuten Travel, an onlin...
Rakuten Splits With MNC Group, Leaving Indonesia E-Commerce Site in Doubt
(Updated on March 25th: MNC confirms the break-up and is now looking to sell its 49 percent share ba...
Rakuten Branches Out to Asia (Startup Asia Preview)
Japanese B2B2C e-commerce company, Rakuten, isn’t new to Asia expansion. Besides Japan, to dat...
US-Based Buy.com to be Rebranded as ‘Rakuten Shopping’ This Week
Yesterday we mentioned that Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten (JSD: 4755) is opening a Singapore off...
How to Make Sense of KPIs
It’s funny how KPIs can become so confusing when it comes to measuring performance on an indiv...
Rakuten Set to Ship Kobo Mini in Japan on December 18
Rakuten’s (JSD:4755) subsidiary Kobo has announced that its Kobo Mini e-reader is now availabl...
Mikitani: “They were wrong about Rakuten, about e-commerce”
I love it when big name entrepreneurs have blogs. There’s always interesting tips and stories ...
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