Rakuten Launches Own Delivery Service
Rakuten (4755 JP) has started its own in-house logistics and fulfilment service for the 45,000 merchants using its Rakuten Ichiba online mall. It...
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NTT Corp - Now Our Preferred Japanese Telco.
Chris Hoare sees potential for capex and opex to decline in NTT's (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432 JP) core regional telco business. With...
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Yahoo Japan: A Quick Look at Fundamentals Post Altaba Sell Down
Yahoo Japan (4689 JP)’s share price recovered slightly in the past two weeks after Altaba’s sell down earlier in the month. YJ’s share price fell...
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Rakuten (4755 JP) Mobile: Can It Succeed? A Study, Plus Insights from SoftBank's (9984 JP) EMobile
In this second part of our series about Rakuten's (4755 JP) plans for its MNO (mobile network operator) service, we explore Rakuten's MVNO (mobile...
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Walmart Launches E-Commerce with Rakuten: The Last Chance to Make It in Japan?
Walmart (WMT US) has worked hard to bring its Japanese subsidiary, Seiyu, around since buying the ailing GMS retailer 16 years ago. While it has...
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