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Retail Asia04/12/2015

Taiwan’s largest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, says it will work with local shopping website MyDay to have online purchases from overseas delivered to its 5000-plus stores around Taiwan. The convenience store introduced the delivery service on Wednesday (November 25), allowing shoppers on the MyDay website to have their purchases delivered from Japan, the US and South […]

Retail Asia27/11/2015

Nearly half of Asia’s shoppers said they prefer to do their Christmas shopping online this year, according to a new survey conducted by internet services company Rakuten. Of 2500 shoppers polled in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan, 47 per cent said they preferred to complete their Christmas shopping online – due to convenience (83 […]

Retail Asia21/09/2015

In a region where masses of users are newly armed with smartphones and more spending power, Southeast Asia is a new gold mine for tech enterprises. China’s quickly saturating market for all things tech has pushed Asia-bound start-ups to seek new territory, and global companies like Rakuten, eBay and Rocket Internet are vying over Southeast […]

Retail Asia28/08/2015

Japan’s leading eCommerce portal Rakuten has launched Rakubin – a new rapid delivery service which promises goods in as little as 20 minutes – 2 hours a day. The new service has made its debut in the Tokyo suburbs of Shibuya, Setagaya, Minato and Meguro. It applies to a limited range of 450 items – […]

Retail Asia29/04/2015

apan’s Rakuten and Gentosha Inc. recently launched GINGER mirror, a free online fashion magazine for women linked with e-commerce. GINGER mirror is a free online fashion magazine optimized for smartphones aimed at busy women in their late 20s and 30s who wish to enjoy the latest fashions despite having limited time and budget. The magazine […]

Retail Asia22/04/2015

Japanese eCommerce titan Rakuten has taken a stake in Chinese online shopping discounts site Fanli. The stake, less than 10 per cent, comes in the form of an undisclosed amount of series C funding into the start-up. The announcement states that Fanli is now valued at approximately US$1 billion, making it China’s newest start-up unicorn. […]

Retail Asia26/03/2015

Japanese eCommerce giant Rakuten will start to accept bitcoin, the ‘cryptocurrency’ on its global marketplaces. TechinAsia.com reports the payment format will begin its roll out in America and then spread to Rakuten Germany and Rakuten Austria. Bitnet, an enterprise-focused developer that creates bitcoin platforms, is Rakuten’s partner in the rollout. Bitnet is a young company, […]

Retail Asia23/03/2015

Japanese eCommerce giant Rakuten is to pay US$410 million in cash to buy OverDrive, a leading eBook and audiobook content marketplace and sharing economy pioneer. Cleveland, US-based OverDrive was founded in 1986 and supplies the world’s largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, music and streaming video to 30,000 libraries, schools and retailers around the globe. “OverDrive’s deep […]

Retail Asia06/03/2015

Rakuten Belanja Online, the local affiliate of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, seeks to woo Indonesia’s small- and medium-sized enterprises by providing e-commerce courses as part of its growth strategy in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Global e-commerce players such as Rakuten are eying Indonesia as a potential market, largely due to the rapid growth the country’s […]

Retail Asia14/02/2015

Indonesians, Taiwanese and Singaporeans are far more likely to splurge on Valentine’s Day than shoppers in Germany or the UK, a survey reveals. Japan’s home-grown global online retailer Rakuten has surveyed 7000 people across the globe to gauge attitudes to Valentine’s Day and found that Asians embrace the concept much more than Europeans. The Rakuten […]

Retail Asia09/02/2015

Rakuten Inc. recently announced that it would discontinue its new-graduate hiring quota, and will begin to hire new-graduates and mid-career engineers throughout the year. Since 2010, the company has been accelerating its global expansion, and by making English the official corporate language, has begun attracting talented engineers from all over the world. It has also […]

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7-Eleven Taiwan in MyDay eCommerce partnership

Poll finds Asian prefer Christmas shopping online

Korea more active than Japan in Southeast Asian tech

Rakuten launches express delivery

Rakuten, Gentosha launch online magazine linked to e-commerce

Rakuten invests in China online discounter

Bitcoin breakthrough

Rakuten buys eBook business

E-Commerce giant Rakuten trains SMEs in Indonesia

Asians embrace Valentines Day

Rakuten begins year-round hiring of engineers