Mercari’s Relentless Innovation Opens Closets
Mercari now dominates CtoC trading in Japan and is so big a Tax Office department is names after it. Competitors are circling, particularly Z...
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Shoplist Promise Withers on the Web
Crooz promised sales of ¥100 billion within a few years and a long-term target of a ¥1 trillion capitalisation. Its early promise has withered...
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The Zozo Revival: A New Private Brand of Many Names, Category Expansion, Merchants Return
ZOZO (3092 JP)'s new plan to create a direct-to-consumer (DtoC) e-commerce platform this October, and fund the brands sold on it, is much more than...
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The Two Weeks That Were In 🇰🇷 🇯🇵 on Smartkarma to June 28.
We are covering about a week and a half of insights in this cut because it was slow, month end, a HK holiday Monday, and many people seem to be on...
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Crooz: Still Aiming for ¥100 Billion
Crooz is one of most successful firms to emerge from the fiercely competitive fashion e-commerce market, one which is awash with hundreds of small...
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