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Retail Asia26/10/2021

PayPal is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest at this time, the online payments provider said on Sunday, responding to market rumors. Earlier in the week, it was reported that the payments behemoth had offered to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest for US$45 billion, or about $70 per share, mostly in stock. Pinterest did not […]

Retail Asia21/10/2021

PayPal has made an offer to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest for US$45-billion, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a combination that could herald more tie-ups between fintech and social media companies in e-ecommerce. The per-share price would represent a 26% premium to Pinterest’s closing price of $55.58 on Tuesday. PayPal plans to finance […]

Retail Asia27/06/2019

Global furniture retailer Ikea will start putting its product catalogue on Pinterest to give the print publication a longer lifespan and to allow customers to move more quickly from inspiration to purchase. According to a report in Digiday, Ikea has been working to monetise its presence on the social platform for some time, which has led […]

Retail Asia08/11/2018

Oscar de la Renta was early to Twitter, early to Tumblr and, yes, early to Instagram. So in July 2013, when the American fashion house debuted its fall advertising campaign via the app, the industry was hardly surprised. It was a little thing. An experiment. After all, the Norman Jean Roy-shot images would still run in […]

Retail Asia20/03/2017

US company AirMap is helping develop technology to manage a Rakuten drone network in Japan. Rakuten, Japan’s giant online retail platform, and AirMap hope drones will be allowed to be used at low altitude. Rakuten set a world record early this year for the longest drone delivery, flying a container of hot soup 12 km […]

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PayPal says it is not pursuing Pinterest acquisition

PayPal preparing US$45 billion bid for Pinterest

Ikea makes catalogues “shoppable” on Pinterest

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Rakuten drone network under development