Seven & I Digital Setback as 7Pay Suffers Stillbirth Due to Management Bungling
Seven & I Holdings' (3382 JP) image as Japan’s most trusted retailer was severely tarnished this summer. In July, the launch of its mobile...
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Last Week in Event SPACE: ZOZO, HKEx/LSE, Nexon, Pacific Energy, Melco, Philip Morris, Changyou
Last Week in Event SPACE ... In the end, what this Tender Offer for ZOZO Inc (3092 JP) from Yahoo Japan (4689 JP) is really about is the emergence...
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The Era of Digital Zaibatsu*: Takeover of Zozo a Win for Softbank/Yahoo in Online Supremacy Battle
As everyone will now know, Yahoo Japan (4689 JP) will buy a major stake in Japan's leading online fashion retailer ZOZO Inc (3092 JP). Zozo’s...
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Rakuten Focuses on Rakuten Ichiba as Sales Surge Again
Rakuten's (4755 JP) CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, took his eye off the original online mall business in the last five years as he focused on trying to...
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Japan Telcos: Softbank Ends the Contract Regime but Other Retention Factors Play a Role
Softbank Corp. will end two-year contracts for mobile customers later this month. This follows regulatory action that requires mobile operators to...
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