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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Yahoo Japan Partial Tender for ZOZO. Pro-Ration and Arb Grids
This morning, early, Japan's public broadcaster NHK brought out a scoop which will surprise many, saying Yahoo Japan (4689 JP) has apparently...
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Zozo: Yahoo Japan Tenders, Maezawa Is Out, Will GMO PG Be Squeezed Out?
Early this morning NHk reported that Yahoo Japan (4689 JP) and ZOZO Inc (3092 JP) were in final talks for Yahoo Japan to take a majority stake in...
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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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Recruit Holdings: A Closer Look at Fundamentals Ahead of the Secondary Offer
Recruit Holdings (6098 JP) has announced a secondary offering of 21.5m shares (around 7.2% of the total shares outstanding). The offer allows...
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