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: Ich hoffe ja auch für Poldi, dass es in Japan
ein Schachspiel mit Würfeln gibt, denn auf ein Journalistenfrage, wie er den Fußballspielen so allgemein interpretieren würde, soll Poldi geantwortet haben: "Fußball ist so ähnlich wie Schach - nur ohne Würfel."
Also viel Glück beim Würfeln Poldi, denn Rakuten ist schließlich auch mein Ding.
We are a leading global company with a unique ecosystem of Internet services that serves nearly 800 million members. We're known for our dominance in the ecommerce market in Japan and we’re pioneering internet-based financial services (in Japan) across credit card, banking and payments. We’re challenging the status quo in digital media around the globe, with Kobo, Overdrive, Viki and Wuaki.TV, for championing the evolution of global messaging with Viber. We are ranked #17 on Forbes “Most Innovative Companies” list. In the U.S., we have brought together a unique set of Internet services that will change the way retailers and marketers go about their ecommerce business. With Rakuten Marketing, Ebates and Slice, marketers have the platform and data intelligence to reach consumers at the moment they want to make a purchase. Rakuten provides the opportunities to grow of a large dynamic and innovative company, along with the entrepreneurial environment of a startup. With over 12,000 employees, our global footprint spans six continents and multiple industries. In the U.S, we are investing in growth with new regional headquarters in Silicon Valley established in 2015 and mapping out the future with technological innovation, investments and acquisitions.
Libuda
: Rakuten invests in genetic health testing
Aug. 26 07:04 am JST
Rakuten Inc has announced it has invested in genetic health testing pioneer Genesis Healthcare Co, receiving a 1.4 billion yen issue of new shares. Rakuten Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani will join Genesis Healthcare’s board of directors as an external board director.
Genesis Healthcare, founded in 2004, already manages one of the largest genetic databases in Asia and Japan, with approximately 520,000 individuals as of August, 2017, and plans to increase its database size to one million by 2020. While Genesis Healthcare offers various genetic testing services to government, medical professionals, academia, industry and consumers, it also offers healthcare and disease prevention test kits and IT services under the consumer brand “GeneLife” in order to enrich people’s lives through personalized genetic testing.
Genesis Healthcare’s founder and president, Dr Iri Sato Baran, commented, “The investment by Rakuten, a Japan leader in internet services, will allow us to increase awareness of genetic information technology through digital healthcare for the betterment of personalized health and self-medication.”
Libuda
: Global brand headquartered in the Japanese capital
As recently as five years ago, Rakuten was still predominantly a Japanese team. But in March 2010, in a move I believe was key to our subsequent growth, I announced “Englishnization,” a plan to make English our corporate language within two years. The goal was to lay the groundwork for global expansion in an industry that competes aggressively for Internet-savvy talent. When I announced Englishnization, only 10% of our workforce was proficient in English. Unsurprisingly, some on my team were apprehensive; others, especially those outside the firm, thought I was a little crazy. But, just seven years later, titans of corporate Japan are seeking our advice in how to build a global brand headquartered in the Japanese capital.
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: joint venture with real estate listing operator
E-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. recently announced the launch of a joint venture with real estate listing operator Lifull Co. Rakuten Lifull Stay Inc. aims to begin offering services after the law takes effect sometime in the first half of next year.
Rakuten is a household name in Japan, with 90 million members, its own professional baseball team and a platform that offers myriad services from banking and credit cards to travel and e-books. Lifull, on the other hand, operates a real estate and housing information site with around 8 million listings, and the firm has a network of more than 22,000 affiliated real estate stores. “I think it’s an ideal joint venture — Lifull can reach corporate clients while Rakuten can reach out to individual customers,” Munekatsu Ota, representative director and chief operating officer of the new company, told The Japan Times in an interview.
The venture has so far announced a series of partnerships with major players, including American powerhouse HomeAway and China’s largest vacation rental site, Tujia.
Rakuten Marketing Launches Customized Dashboards for Brands; New Feature Creates Branded Experience to Attract Influencers and Niche Publisher Partners
SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten Marketing, a leading technology company that enables brands to increase sales through data-driven marketing, today launched another addition to its robust technology suite for affiliate marketers – Partnership Dashboard. Personalized with the client's own branding, this customizable platform provides a white-label gateway for advertisers to recruit and nurture affiliate relationships with influencers, sales associates and publishers who expect a one-to-one relationship with their brand partners. The Rakuten Marketing Partnership Dashboard better positions advertisers to engage partners who aren't already familiar with affiliate marketing by providing a more comfortable and easy-to-use interface that delivers the features, benefits and tracking of the central Rakuten Marketing Affiliate dashboard.
How to Bet on Amazon Without Actually Buying Its Insanely Expensive Stock John Waggoner Aug 22, 2017
But is there some way to bet on the boom in online retailing without buying Amazon stock?
It's hard to knock Amazon, which has disrupted most of retail. Despite a mid-summer slide, Amazon shares are still up more than 30% this year. The stock trades at a vertiginous 249 times its past year's operating earnings.
Other e-tailers are also in nosebleed territory: Netflix trades at a price/earnings ratio of 207; Grubhub's P/E is 80; and Alibaba clocks in at 63.
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