Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
MAY 17, 2019
Marvel Entertainment has teamed up with Rakuten OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform for libraries and schools, to offer 600 graphic novel and comic collection titles to public libraries and schools worldwide. Library patrons and students of participating public libraries and schools can borrow digital versions of renowned titles, including Avengers, Black Panther, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men and more.
Marvel Entertainment joins OverDrive’s catalog of millions of e-books and audiobooks including over 31,000 graphic novels and comics from prominent publishers such as DC Comics, Image Comics, IDW, Valiant, Izneo and Titan Comics. Libraries and schools can select from this catalog to build their individual digital collections.
https://rakuten.today/blog/overdrive-offers-marvel-graphic-novels.html
von Fabian Riedner
Unter anderem wird das Unternehmen ab sofort in Skandinavien verfügbar sein. Neue Büros sollen in Polen und Schweden entstehen.
Der junge On-Demand-Streaming-Service Rakuten TV hat seine Verbreitung in Europa auf einen Schlag mehr als verdreifacht und startet in mehr als 30 neuen Ländern, wie der Unternehmensgründer und Geschäftsführer Jacinto Roca gegenüber „Variety“ sagte. Der VOD-Anbieter habe sich für den Start mit mehreren Smart-TV-Herstellern zusammengeschlossen und ist somit in vielen Ländern, einschließlich der skandinavischen Länder sowie große Teile von Mittel- und Osteuropa, über die Geräte empfangbar.
Rakuten TV wird nun in 40 Ländern in Europa angeboten, darunter auch das Gründungsland Spanien, Frankreich, Deutschland, Italien und Großbritannien. Roca sagte, dass man neue Büros einrichten werde, um die neuen Länder zu bedienen. Diese sollen vermutlich in Schweden und Polen entstehen. Der Launch in den neuen Ländern wurde laut Firmengründer mehr als ein Jahr lang vorbereitet.
http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/107894/...n-tv-startet-in-vielen-laendern
The core, the RAN, the home gateway and just about everything else will be in the cloud when e-commerce powerhouse Rakuten turns on Japan's fourth wireless carrier this fall. CTO Tareq Amin played a crucial role at Reliance Jio, the greatest telecom disrupter of the century.
Everything cloud is a dream for most CTOs. AT&T was the first to say telcos had to learn from the web giants. It was a founder of Guru Parulkar's Open Network OS (ONOS) and Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter (CORD). Verizon and Telefonica are moving quickly to build a network close to what Rakuten has defined.
Amin tells Corinne Reichert, "This virtualised, cloud-based approach is going to save his company at least 35 percent in opex compared to traditional mobile carriers." That's a realistic goal; Lee Hicks at Verizon finding a 50% saving as he rebuilds much of the Verizon network.
Most CTOs have a similar plan but very few companies are willing to invest and take chances. Amin, starting fresh, can operate with a low-cost network that will be years ahead of most incumbents
http://wirelessone.news/10-r/1328-rakutan-will-cloud-everything
Motley Fool•May 20, 2019
If Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) and, perhaps even more significantly, Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) investors were rubbing their eyes over the weekend, it could be because both of the out-of-favor ridesharing stocks moved higher last week. Uber and Lyft shares rose 0.8% and 5.3%, respectively, for the week.
Things are far from perfect. This was Uber's first full week of trading, but the northerly nudge wasn't enough to get the stock back to the prior year's IPO price. Lyft is miles away from its debutante price, and the faster-growing yet smaller player saw its stock slide in five of its first six full weeks on the market before last week's pop. Lyft investors are getting a break, and Uber is clawing its way back to its original starting line, but it's going to take more than one positive week to turn momentum around.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...ft-stocks-really-did-131500103.html
https://www.rakuten.co.uk/#/category/fashion
Fashion
Toys
Department Stores
Electricals
Entertainment
Und Top-Shops werden besonders herausgestellt:
TOP SHOPS
Zavvi UK
Superdry UK
GAME
TK Maxx
eGlobal Central
laptopsdirect
Base.com
Music Magpie
LEGO
Decathlo
Das ist für diese Unternehmen äusserst hiflreich, den von selbst „verirren“ sich nur wenige direkt auf Firmenmaktplätze und es ist eine weitere Multichannel-Möglichkeit neben dem Amazon-Markplatz oder Ebay oder anderen Marktplätzen und mindert für diese Firmen Abhängigkeiten - insbesondere von Amazon.
Allerdings mit einer etwas anderen Kategorieneinteilung und natürlich anderen Top Shops als in UK.
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16 March, 2019
Rakuten TV, the Japanese VoD streaming service, expands its operation to 30 new countries in Europe, bringing the total count across the globe to 42. Despite having only 7 Million subscribers worldwide, Rakuten TV strives to take on the industry giants – Netflix and Amazon, within the next five years.
As 60% of online videos are streamed on smart-TVs, the company has signed partnership deals with big names specifically, Samsung, Hisense, Philips, and LG to embed a dedicated Rokuten TV button on the remotes.
Commenting on the announcement, Jacinto Roca – Founder & CEO, Rokuten TV said: “This is a major step that our company is undertaking within a plan of expansion which aims at making Rakuten TV the first choice of entertainment for smart TV owners. And Having a remote control button directly connecting to the platform aims at empowering users to access the best movies in the best quality just with one click, dramatically increasing our number of users.”
https://www.muvi.com/industry-updates/...n-europe-over-big-deals.html
https://global.rakuten.com/en/
Hier haben wir eine Euro- und Yen-Auszeichnung der angebotenen Produkte (auch beim UK-Auftritt, also keine GBP-Auszeichnung).
5G Service Overview
Awarded 100MHz in the 3.7GHz band and 400MHz in the 28GHz band
Additional capital expenditure of approx. JPY 200bn, cumulative up to March, 2025
5G Bandwitch Allocation: April 2019
Planned Launch: June 2020
global.rakuten.com/corp/investors/
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The next two quarters will be focused on integrating the Philippines venture into the fold. It is Carousell’s seventh market alongside Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia. Carousell will also focus on priming Hong Kong and Singapore towards greater monetisation and profitability over the next two quarters. “Singapore and Hong Kong are near-term monetisation opportunities (for Carousell), and these markets alone will be the ones that can offer long-term viability for long term markets…We truly believe that they can be immensely profitable in the next 2 to 3 years. That will help us play in the rest of Southeast Asia.” Carousell will also roll out its car marketplace service in Hong Kong over the next two quarters – a service that is currently only available in its home market, Singapore. Quek did not disclose how much operational runway Carousell has with the new funding, but said that it is “well capitalised for the next few years”.
Read more at: https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/carousells-quek-siu-rui-131001/
Transaction Name Money Raised Lead Investors
Feb 11, 2019 Debt Financing - Cabify $70M Inter American Development Bank
Jan 22, 2018 Series E - Cabify $160M Rakuten Capital
May 8, 2017 Series D - Cabify $100M Rakuten Capital
Apr 20, 2016 Series C - Cabify $120M Rakuten Capital
Oct 1, 2015 Series B - Cabify $12M Rakuten Capital
Oct 6, 2014 Series B - Cabify $4M Seaya Ventures
Apr 1, 2014 Series A - Cabify $8M Kevin Laws, Seaya Ventures
Sep 16, 2012 Seed Round - Cabify $3M —
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cabify#section-funding-rounds
Announcement of Acquisition of Shares of Gurunavi, Inc.
Rakuten, Inc. announces that it has decided to acquire the shares of Gurunavi, Inc stated as below. Number of shares to be acquire 2,339,700 shares (Holding ratio to total number of outstanding shares 4.8%)
Holding ratio to total number of outstanding shares is calculated based on total number of outstanding shares of Gurunavi, Inc. as of end of March, 2019 (48,675,100 shares).
Delivery date of shares May 31, 2019
This acquisition of shares will be executed based on the capital and business alliance agreement between Rakuten, Inc. and Gurunavi, Inc. For the details, please refer to “Notice Regarding Strengthening Capital and Business Alliance” announced today.
https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2019/...category=corp%20ir
—its first day of trading—which also happened to be the last trading day of the first quarter.
The Stanford Management Co., which oversees the school’s endowment and other financial assets, reported its U.S.-traded investments as of March 31 in a form it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stanford disclosed that it owned 11,890 Lyft shares, valued at $931,000 at the time.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/...sity-owned-lyft-stock-51557543046
China cross-border online shopper to exceed 200 million by 2020
April 30, 2019 By CIW Team
Tmall Global introduced 122% more overseas brands in 2018, over 80% of which enter into the Chinese market for the first time. China cross-border import retail e-commerce grew to a US$16.86bn market in Q4 2018, led by Tmall Global, NetEase Kaola, and JD Worldwide.
https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/tag/cross-border-e-commerce/
Mar. 28, 2019 6:58 PM
Citi has upgraded its take on Japanese conglomerate Rakuten (OTCPK:RKUNY) to Buy.
The firm raised its price target to ¥1,400 from ¥970.
That's well above Street average and implying 36% upside.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/...-bull-rakuten-sees-36-percent-upside
Shortseller must only make a cross, that they can deliver - but there is not any control of the SEC, that this happened.
The complexity behind simplicity is something we take seriously at Rakuten and we look to balance its positive and negative elements. Ours is a complicated company with many different divisions and services, and a robust global ecosystem. Our business extends across industry and category boundaries. We offer services in almost every country in the world. Our Tokyo head office alone houses employees with nationalities from over 70 countries. And we are constantly seeking new markets and new groups of customers. This complex network of industries, services and people – or, more simply put, diversity – is an integral part of what makes Rakuten successful. We are able to share learning, leverage data, develop disruptive technologies and pool our knowledge for innovation and success.
https://rakuten.today/blog/simplicity-its-complicated.html