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Retail Asia11/07/2019
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A Japanese collective including Yamato Transport and Rakuten will partner with the Japanese government in a road test of autonomous delivery robots. A government-appointed team will monitor the testing to identify potential issues, with a special focus on safety concerns, as well as considering new operating rules for inclusion in the Road Traffic Act. The […]

Retail Asia10/06/2019
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Cisco is primarily known for its switches and routers for service providers and enterprises. It has not been a big competitor in the radio access networking space against vendors such as Ericsson and Nokia. But on its fiscal third-quarter 2019 earnings call this week, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins mentioned “wired and wireless” networking a few times. […]

Retail Asia29/04/2019
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Japan’s telecom ministry has allocated 5G mobile spectrum to incumbent operators NTT Docomo, KDDI, and Softbank, as well as local e-commerce giant Rakuten. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has approved the allocation of spectrum after determining that the companies’ applications met the conditions of the allocation. The four companies plan to invest heavily in 5G, spending a […]

Retail Asia06/03/2019
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Japan’s Rakuten announced it has arranged to use open source technologies provided by Red Hat in its upcoming end-to-end cloud native mobile network. The network, which is scheduled to launch in October, will use Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technologies, Rakuten announced at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Rakuten Mobile Network has built […]

Retail Asia26/02/2019
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Visual commerce AI firm ViSenze has partnered with Samsung to help users easily discover and purchase products using the Shopping by Bixby Vision app on the electronics firm’s mobile devices. The partnership employs ViSenze’s automated visual-commerce technology and visual-search capabilities customised to consumers’ personalised shopping demands. “Consumers are exposed to countless products in their everyday […]

Retail Asia25/02/2019
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Chinese online retailer JD and Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce firm, will collaborate on developing unmanned delivery solutions in Japan. According to a new agreement signed between JD and Rakuten, JD’s drones and autonomous delivery robots will be used in Rakuten’s unmanned delivery services, which the firm launched in 2016. The two companies will collaborate on […]

Retail Asia29/11/2018
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Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of consumers in Asia will no longer shop with a retailer after just one poor customer experience. That is one of the conclusions of a research study conducted by unified commerce provider Tofugear in partnership with Rakuten Insight. Based on a survey of 6000 shoppers across 12 countries in Asia, the research […]

Retail Asia05/11/2018
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Japanese online retail company Rakuten is partnering with Walmart-owned supermarket Seiyu to launch an online grocery service. Spokespeople from the companies say about 20,000 products will be available on the site, drawn from the Seiyu range, including fresh food. Orders will be fulfilled from stores, restricting the service – for now – to about 16 […]

Retail Asia10/10/2018
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Japan’s Rakuten Mobile Network said it has completed over-the-air 5G trials in the 28-GHz frequency band using equipment provided by Nokia and Intel. The trials were carried out from June in a shielded room at the Nokia Kawasaki Technology Center located in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, using Nokia AirScale base station and the Intel 5G Mobile Trial Platform. […]

Retail Asia13/06/2018
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Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten is to buy Curbside, an app which offers shoppers mobile ordering from brick-and-mortar stores for outside pickup. Curbside says after the acquisition it will continue to operate as an independent company, with its products, services and team unchanged. Rakuten’s investment heralds a shared “common vision around connecting consumers to easy, convenient […]

Retail Asia15/05/2018
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Singapore classifieds marketplace Carousell has raised US$85 million in series-C funding. The round was co-led by Rakuten Ventures and EDBI, with participation from existing investors 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures and Sequoia India, as well as new investor DBS. A pioneer of mobile classifieds in 2012, Carousell will use the capital injection to accelerate its […]

Retail Asia11/04/2018
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Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has secured government approval to deploy 4G mobile services in the 1.7-GHz frequency band, and now plans to launch as the nation’s fourth mobile operator in October. New subsidiary Rakuten Mobile Network plans to raise up to 600 billion yen ($5.6 billion) to pursue its mobile business, including through an up to 200 billion yen […]

Retail Asia30/01/2018
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In Tokyo today, Walmart president/CEO Doug McMillon and Rakuten chairman/president/CEO Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani announced a strategic alliance aimed at expanding consumer reach and enhancing customer service. Included in the collaboration is the launch of an online grocery delivery service in Japan as well as an exclusive retail alliance between the US retail giant and e-reading […]

Retail Asia26/12/2017
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Japanese e-commerce site Rakuten and consumer electronics retailer Bic Camera are considering a JV that will marry virtual and real stores. They expect to sign a basic agreement soon with a view to setting up their partnership early next year to work toward launching their e-commerce site in April. Bic Camera already has an online […]

Retail Asia18/12/2017
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Rakuten, Inc., a global marketing partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), today opened its pro sports merchandise store Rakuten SPORTS ZONE to further build excitement around the NBA in Japan. The store is launching with sales of limited-edition items including autographed items from NBA Legends. In October 2017, Rakuten launched a multiyear partnership with […]


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