Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
https://www.chip.de/downloads/Viber-fuer-Windows_61883897.html
https://www.lfp.fr/corporate/article/...-partenaire-de-l-e-ligue1.htm
Rakuten Mobile Network Organization is one of five nominees for the Superuser Awards to be presented at the Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai. Check out their story and rate their nomination by October 8.
https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/...ile-network-organization/
This bodes well for ShopBack, which has been seeing what they claim as “hyper-growth” this year. “Compared to 2H18, we observed that there is an increment of 77% in terms of Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) generated through our platform in 1H19. Given the positive outlook and strong online shopping interest found among local shoppers, we are confident that 2H19 will grow even better with the launch of ShopBack ShopFest,” Han says.
https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/...-giveaways-planned
Lyft, der Ride-Sharing-Anbieter und Konkurrent von Uber hat seinen Nutzern kürzlich ein Update zur Verfügung gestellt, dass den Inhalten zufolge eher mit Google Maps konkurriert als mit Uber.
Mit dem neuen Update hat die App einige Funktionen hinzugefügt, die Lyft zunehmend als Navigations-App erscheinen lassen. Lyft bietet nun Möglichkeiten, die weit über das eigentliche Car-Sharing hinausgehen. Nutzer finden seit dem Update Informationen über öffentliche Verkehrsmittel, E-Scooter und Citybikes in der App. Demzufolge wirbt der Ride-Sharing-Anbieter für alternative Transportmöglichkeiten, mit welchen Lyft keine Umsätze generiert und nur der Nutzer profitiert.
In einem öffentlichen Statement äußerte sich Mitbegründer und Präsident John Zimmer, "Die vorgenommenen Änderungen ermöglichen künftig bessere Transportgelegenheiten […]. Bei Lyft arbeiten wir an einer Zukunft, in welcher der Fokus der Städte bei den Menschen liegt und nicht bei Autos."
https://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/...er-druck-gesetzt-8044051
Monday after Citi Research analyst Itay Michaeli upgraded the ride-hailing stock to buy from neutral. He said the company's upcoming third-quarter results "could provide a window to refocus the story on improving fundamentals" now that investors have a better understanding about the timeline and potential scenarios around California's AB5 law concerning gig-economy workers. "With revenue growth also expected to accelerate in H2, the Q3 earnings report could be enough to swing forward sentiment more favorably to some extent, even as overhangs like AB5 and the lock-up persist," Michaeli wrote.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/...ns-after-citi-upgrade-2019-10-07
July 16, 2019
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City releases boundaries of Citi Bike's next expansion, which will double the current service area by 35 square miles and triple the number of bikes to 40,000; System will expand to a diverse range of communities, including the South Bronx and northern Manhattan in the next year
NEW YORK—The de Blasio Administration joined Lyft to today announce the boundaries of the planned expansion of Citi Bike over the next five years, which will bring the nation's largest bike share system to a larger and more economically diverse range of communities. Last November, the City and Lyft announced an agreement in which Lyft would invest $100 million to grow and strengthen the system, doubling the size of its service area and tripling the number of bikes over the next five years. The third phase of Citi Bike's expansion will bring Citi Bike to all of Manhattan, as well as into the Bronx, and deeper into Brooklyn and Queens.
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/...-citi-bike-expansion
A one-stop service for viewing NBA games, checking news, accessing official stats, chatting live with other fans and more
Tokyo, October 8, 2019 - Rakuten, Inc. and the National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced that all games from the 2019-20 NBA season due to begin on October 23, 2019, (Japan Standard Time) will be streamed live and on demand on the new service, “NBA Rakuten”*1. The new service will merge the “Rakuten NBA Special” and other NBA-related content provided by Rakuten’s video-on-demand service Rakuten TV and the “NBA League Pass” provided by the NBA to form a single hub for fans in Japan to enjoy all NBA games both live and on demand.
*1 A (free) Rakuten ID is required to use this service.
*2 The number of games and videos available for viewing differs with each plan. For more information please check the website below. Certain content including select videos, news articles and public stats will be available for free.
*3 The Single Game option asks users to make purchases on their browser before viewing on the app. A feature that allows customers to purchase single games inside the app will be added in the near future.
https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2019/1008_01.html
By PYMNTS
Posted on October 8, 2019
Rakuten In Store Network, an advertising platform to help push in-store sales and traffic with rewards programs linked to cards, has announced a partnership with engagement platform Prodege to increase its card-linked offers and allow for Prodege members to get gift cards and cash back when shopping at certain retailers.
“Offering in-store rewards to our Swagbucks, MyPoints, ShopAtHome and InboxDollars members is a natural extension of our online rewards business,” said Prodege CEO and Chairman Chuck Davis.
The move helps to greatly increase the reach of Rakuten In Store Network, which already has 30,000 locations around the country.
Prodege has a slew of websites that give members free gift cards and cash for simply doing things online. With its engagement of a global audience of 100 million people, Prodege aids merchants and helps them to meet their marketing goals as well as attract new and return customers with loyalty options.
Rakuten In Store Network also reaches millions, and it helps merchants to grow sales, loyalty and traffic in stores. Rakuten In Store Network is under the umbrella of Cash Back rewards outfit Rakuten, and its library of card-linked offers.
https://www.pymnts.com/news/...-prodege-team-for-card-linked-rewards/
Posted by: Jaron Waldman / June 24, 2019
Consumers expect speed and convenience in shopping, and they’re more than happy to pick up at a store or restaurant themselves, when home delivery isn’t good enough. For merchants, offering up a seamless pickup experience is the secret ingredient to connecting with these mobile, on-the-go consumers, and to unlocking the tremendous pent-up opportunity of ordering-ahead. And it’s been our mission since Curbside’s founding.
Mobile is increasingly dominating e-commerce, expected to drive nearly 70% of all e-commerce – or $2.3T in 2019 alone1. Ordering Ahead is growing. According to Rakuten Intelligence, Order-ahead & Pick-up reached $27.2 billion in sales in 2018. And this market will only become more mobile.
Enabling mobile order-ahead with pickup, offers convenience for the customer and far better economics for the merchant. Saving final-mile delivery costs can mean keeping the 20% margin that you might otherwise give up.
https://rakutenready.com/resource/...s-to-give-time-back-to-shoppers/
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LYFT/cash-flow?p=LYFT
Einschränkend sei allerdings angemerkt, dass die US-Variante des operativen Cash Flow, die auch leider immer mehr bei uns angewandt wird, die Veränderungen der Forderungen gegenüber Kunden und der Verbindlichkeiten gegenüber Lieferanten einbezieht.
Adena Friedman, Nasdaq CEO on the IPO market today: Success will be determined over time
Yahoo Finance VideoOctober 10, 2019
In a conversation with Yahoo Finance, Adena Friedman, Nasdaq CEO, discusses the state of the U.S. IPO market, including whether or not we're at a top. "Every IPO has its own story."
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/...dman-nasdaq-ceo-ipo-184530529.html
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Summary
Rakuten is a leading Japanese e-commerce company, reaching over 1.3 billion people.
The company has recently broken into financial services and is successfully growing its current initiatives.
The company has profitability and the top 7 most visited sites in Japan.
Valuation suggests the company's shares are heavily undervalued and offer a sizeable risk buffer.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/...nternational-expansion-full-swing
BY RAMESH MANTHA • OCTOBER 10, 2019PRODUCT AND FEATURES
Kobo’s open platform is one of the reasons our users choose to read with us. We believe reading should be limitless—that readers shouldn’t be tied down by the functionality of eReaders or file formats. We’re excited to continue that mission by introducing Dropbox support to all Kobo Forma eReaders exclusively, which is an exciting step forward in expanding the accessibility of our premium device.
Dropbox support on Kobo Forma means that you can easily read your own documents stored in the cloud by accessing your Dropbox account directly from the eReader. After updating to the latest firmware, Dropbox support will be available on all Kobo Forma eReaders. If you don’t have a Kobo Forma already, it is also available in the US at a reduced price of $249.99 USD.
https://www.kobo.com/blog/...orage-on-kobo-forma-with-dropbox-support
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BY MICHAEL TAMBLYN • OCTOBER 09, 2019CORNER OFFICE
This year has been a milestone for Rakuten Kobo and we’re celebrating on a number of fronts.
It’s our tenth anniversary this year, which has kicked off a lot of celebrations and reflections on what we know now that we didn’t know then, some of the way-off-the-mark decisions we made along the way, some of the really great ones, and how much the landscape of reading and books has changed.
And, we’ve just launched our newest eReader, the Kobo Libra H2O, which is, I am happy to report, one of our best-selling devices ever. It is designed, like everything we do, to make reading lives better. It’s worth taking a little time to talk about why - why a new eReader now. Why not all reading is the same. And why we need reading now more than ever.
https://www.kobo.com/blog/...o-why-we-need-reading-now-more-than-ever
Plugging-in Rakuten's financial figures into my DCF template, the company's shares appear to be heavily undervalued. Under perpetuity growth method with a terminal growth rate of 2 percent, steady 16 percent annual revenue growth rate assumption, constant 17 percent EBIT margin, fair value of the stock comes at 4396 JPY (~ 41 USD). Under the EBITDA multiple approaches of a discounted cash flow model, the intrinsic per share value of the company stands roughly at 4630 JPY (~43 USD) if we assume that the appropriate exit EV/EBITDA multiple in five years' time is around 10x (currently 6x).
https://seekingalpha.com/article/...nternational-expansion-full-swing
BY KOBO • OCTOBER 09, 2019THE BOOKISH LIFE
Audiobook listening is on the rise, and for good reason. It’s one of the fastest-growing segments of the publishing world, as more and more readers are pressing play and reading with their ears.
Nearly every pocket or purse contains a device capable of playing audiobooks, for a quick literary escape. The Kobo app on Android and iPhone puts your audiobook collection at your fingertips, allowing you to listen anywhere, any time. Coupled with the podcast boom, people are getting into the habit of downloading and listening to serialized spoken content on their phones.
Good for your mental health
According to the Audiobook Publishers Association and Edison Research, 73% of audiobook consumers agree that listening to audiobooks is relaxing. And 55% of readers agree or strongly agree that they listen to an audiobook when they want some time to themselves.
These two stats are huge.
https://www.kobo.com/blog/why-you-should-start-listening-to-audiobooks
Up until now, users who have entered into multiple policies with Rakuten Life Insurance, Rakuten General Insurance and Rakuten Pet Insurance have had to contact each company separately when making inquiries or requests such as change of address. Now with Rakuten Insurance General Information Center, Rakuten members can purchase and inquire about insurance plans from the three companies at one stop. RNN reports from the customer centers of this super-handy new service. - What changes will the new "Rakuten Insurance General Information Center" bring about? - Check out interviews with employees at the customer centers - Hear from Yuzo Hashiya, CEO and President of Rakuten Insurance Holdings, on his hopes and expectations for Rakuten Insurance General Information Center Watch this video for an insight into this service whose members realize true hospitality every day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=lmk_I_NMBTU
BERLIN – 8.10.2019 – Public libraries in Bavaria, Cologne and Leipzig recently joined libraries throughout Germany in upgrading to modern technology through Rakuten OverDrive, the leading global digital reading platform. OverDrive’s technology is renowned for its ease-of-use and award-winning app, Libby. In addition, OverDrive offers the industry’s largest catalog of millions of titles in over a hundred languages, including hundreds of thousands of German-language ebooks and audiobooks from major native publishers such as Hanser Publications, Holtzbrink, S. Fischer and Rowohlt. These include titles from German and SPIEGEL bestselling authors such as Nele Neuhaus, Charlotte Link, Arno Strobel and Cornelia Funke.
OverDrive partner libraries in Germany and around the world show regular circulation growth, especially Berlin Public Library which set record checkouts for 21 straight months. OverDrive has partner libraries in all German cities with a population of one million and above.
“OverDrive has proven themselves a valuable partner providing a world-class service to our library and patrons,” said Tanja Keller, spokeswoman for the Bayern Digital Consortium in Bavaria. “We are proud to provide our patrons with the finest German ebooks and audiobooks through OverDrive and the easy-to-use Libby reading app they love reading with.”
https://company.overdrive.com/2019/10/08/...digital-reading-platform/
Currently, Rakuten Dining is only available for Apple devices via the iOS version of the Rakuten app, but the company said it will later be accessible to Android users. Customers can earn the discount when they link and use a personal credit or debit card in the app at participating restaurants. The cash returned on purchases is automatically accrued and then paid out quarterly.
"This collaboration will drive more visits to restaurants and create immediate scale for Rakuten Dining and our everyday rewards program," Rakuten Americas and Rakuten Rewards CEO Amit Patel, said in the release.
Rakuten said in the release that over the past 20 years, it has paid out more than $1.5 billion in cash back on purchases from thousands of retailers and is the largest such loyalty program in existence.
https://www.qsrweb.com/news/...s-dining-rewards-but-ios-only-for-now/