Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
As part of ViSenze’s 2018 growth, the latest partnership enables the smartphone manufacturer and AI company to jointly deliver seamless mobile shopping experiences.
February 21, 2019 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ViSenze, the artificial intelligence company powering visual commerce, today announced 2018 growth, which put the company at the front edge of the visual commerce industry. Founded in 2012, ViSenze is experiencing significant global expansion with offices in Singapore, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Korea, and Japan, over 80 employees, as well as global customers including leading retailers Rakuten, ASOS, Urban Outfitters, Zalora, and more. To date the company’s platform solutions have linked over 400 million products from over 800 major merchants and retailers on its global affiliate network. Much of the company’s growth is due to partnerships with smartphone manufacturers, as well as retailers and brands worldwide. With inspiration transpiring from primary sources of influence like social media or in everyday life prompting rapid growth in the usage of visual search, ViSenze is uniquely able to deliver against the rising global demand with its suite of solutions.
ViSenze’s latest partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in Southeast Asia and Oceania is the result of an extensive collaboration between the smartphone manufacturer and the AI technology provider. By integrating ViSenze’s advanced visual search capabilities, Samsung equips its mobile consumers in the Southeast Asia and Oceania region with a way to easily discover and purchase products using Shopping by Bixby Vision on various Samsung mobile devices. This is made possible by ViSenze’s automated visual commerce technology, which has the accuracy and speed required to meet consumers’ personalized shopping demands.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/...msung-Electronics-Southeast
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...iness-131500918.html?.tsrc=fin-srch
Published: Nov 25, 2019 9:10 a.m.
Loop Capital Markets analyst Jeffrey Kauffman upgraded Lyft Inc. shares LYFT, +3.27% to buy from hold on Monday, writing that the ride-hailing company has strong execution and now benefits from a better competitive environment. "The U.S. rides business is showing competitive rationality, allowing Lyft's share gain and margin expansion to continue," Kauffman wrote. "We think Uber will preserve this healthy status quo as it fights international battles in Rides and digs in against irrational Eats competition at home and across other geographies." Also on Monday, Uber Technologies Inc. UBER, -0.46% lost its license to operate in London due to concerns from regulators.
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14,41 billion = market-cap of Lyft
0.115 = 11.5% ownership of Lyft
7 = increase of the share-price of Lyft since the end of the last quarter
41.5 = share-price of Lyft at the end of the last quarter
Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju reiterated an Outperform rating and $96.00 price target on Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) after the company hosted investor meetings with Lyft's Chief Financial Officer Brian Roberts. Key points from the conversation include the promotional environment abating, a focus on adding higher value users, and adding Insurance providers which will enhance Operating Profit.
The analyst stated "Most of investor focus on operating leverage catalysts have been on the moderating Sales and Marketing spend and as a proxy the reduced couponing activity". "Lyft disclosed on its 3Q19 earnings conference call that Progressive and State Farm have been added as insurance partners along with AXA.
https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/...6574.html?classic=1
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A visit to a Facebook data centre over six years ago provided the inspiration for Rakuten Mobile. The way Facebook managed its IT operations was fundamentally different to how telcos implemented and ran their own networks operations. So when Tareq Amin assumed the role of CTO at Rakuten Mobile, the goal was very clear: to create the world’s first end-to-end telecoms network using cloud native architectures, using full automation and zero touch provisioning to change the way that service providers provision, deploy, engineer and architect their networks, moving workloads to the cloud and adopting an IT-centric mentality. For the moment, Rakuten is deploying a mix of VMs and containers to run its software functions, but the objective is to move into a completely containerized, microservices orientated architecture by 2021.
Meanwhile, as the service provider perfects its network in Japan, it also has more global ambitions. Rakuten has confirmed plans to go global, taking its cloud connectivity platform to partners in overseas markets starting next year.
https://www.telecomtv.com/content/...will-definitely-go-global-37041/
Partnership Enables Over One Billion Rakuten Viber Users to Access, Share and Play Akazoo Music and Radio Streaming, Globally, Through Popular Messaging Platform
NEW YORK & LONDON, Nov. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Akazoo S.A. (NASDAQ: SONG) ("SONG" or "Company"), a leading global music streaming platform and technology company today announced a global strategic partnership with Rakuten Viber, a global instant messaging, chat and voiceover IP platform. The strategic partnership will enable Viber users to access, listen to and share music, playlists, stations and lyrics from Akazoo through the popular messaging platform.
The innovative global partnership will enable direct access to Akazoo's global music streaming service through Viber's network of more than one billion users, worldwide. Viber users will be able to search, access, play, and jointly listen to music playlists, stations, curated by Akazoo's proprietary and patented Sonic Artificial intelligence (AI) engine, and participate in live listening rooms. Access will be available "in-app," directly from within Viber messenger and will be offered as an extension of the core chat functionality.
The parties have agreed to launch the partnership in 17 countries and have agreed to an exclusive co-promotion of the in-app music integration.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...experience-300964250.html
DENVER, Nov. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- EVgo and Lyft today announced an expansion of their partnership to accelerate rideshare electrification through Lyft's planned introduction of 200 new electric vehicles (EV) for rideshare drivers in the Denver market as part of Lyft's Express Drive rental program. EVgo will provide fast charging support for the market at its 20 EVgo fast charging stations across the greater Denver metro area.
EVgo, the nation's largest and most reliable public fast charging network, currently provides fast charging service for the existing Lyft Express Drive EV fleets in Atlanta and Seattle. Their partnership is a natural fit, as EVgo and Lyft share a commitment to zero emissions transportation: Lyft has pledged that all EV charging across its platform will be covered by 100% renewable electricity, and EVgo is the nation's first public fast charging network to be powered 100% by renewable energy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...rging-110000763.html?.tsrc=fin-srch
London-based Currencycloud has announced the launch of its multi-currency account solution Currencycloud Spark, aimed to allow business customers to collect, store, convert and pay in 35 currencies.
According to the provider, banks and FinTechs will be enabled to realise their global ambitions faster when it is rolled out in the first half of 2020.
“Financial institutions have long struggled to help business customers compete on a global scale, relying on a patchwork of banking providers to carry out international transactions, as there was no credible alternative,” said Mike Laven, CEO of Currencycloud.
“Currencycloud Spark leverages our technology to provide unparalleled access to global payment networks, allowing banks and other payment providers to go to market quickly and focus on expanding their businesses.”
https://ibsintelligence.com/ibs-journal/ibs-news/...account-solution/
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Anticipating consistent uptrend in rider growth, the company expects revenues between $975 million and $985 million in the fourth quarter, indicating a surge of 46-47% from the year-ago reported figure. The buoyancy in the stock is further highlighted by the company raising its view for 2019 revenues for the second time during the third quarter. It expects revenues of $3.57-$3.58 billion for the current year, implying an approximate 66% rise from the prior-year reported number (previous view: $3.47-$3.50 billion). We remind investors that the company had earlier lifted its 2019 revenue guidance during the second-quarter earnings release.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...-lyft-133601446.html?.tsrc=fin-srch
Luleå, Sweden – November 26th, 2019 – Netrounds today announced that it will deploy its automated active service assurance solution in Rakuten Mobile's cloud-native network across Japan. The solution helps Rakuten Mobile to guarantee quality of services with cost-efficient network operations.
Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s newest network operator, has leveraged its expertise in virtualization and container technologies to build a revolutionary mobile network architecture that is fully virtualized, automated and 5G-ready.
In order to achieve such a breakthrough, Rakuten Mobile selected a few strategic software vendors to build a true end-to-end, cloud-native network in less than 12 months. Netrounds, with its programmable active testing and assurance solution, allows Rakuten Mobile to automate service assurance processes through the entire service lifecycle, from service activation testing and continuous active monitoring to automated troubleshooting.
“We have been preaching automated active assurance since 2015, and it is a true honor for Netrounds to take a critical role in assuring the quality in the world’s most advanced and modern network at Rakuten Mobile,” said Mats Nordlund, CEO & Co-Founder, Netrounds. “Rakuten Mobile’s choice demonstrates that our software platform handles the scale and meets the requirements for emerging virtualized and programmable networks, such as 5G.”
https://news.cision.com/netrounds/r/...-mobile-s-telco-cloud,c2957308
Why international brands must be ready to seize the APAC opportunity
Tuesday October 15, 2019 - Posted by: Locaria
According to research by Rakuten Marketing, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region offers huge potential for international retailers that are equipped and prepared to take advantage of growth opportunities on the global stage.
The study examined trends in cross-border shopping by surveying more than 3,570 consumers in the UK, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the USA.
Responses from international shoppers highlighted a strong interest in buying from foreign brands, as well as a need for businesses to find the right strategy to engage with local audiences and meet expectations in key areas such as order fulfillment.
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A key finding of the Rakuten research was that nearly six out of ten global consumers (58 per cent) would purchase more international products online if they were made more aware of the brands available. Apparel and accessories (54 per cent) topped the list of items people would be willing to buy from international retailers.
Some of the highest interest in cross-border shopping was recorded in the 18-34 age group (67 per cent) and in the APAC region (65 per cent).
According to the survey, in Singapore almost all consumers have completed at least one purchase from another country, with 61 per cent of shoppers planning to buy more online next year.
It’s clear that APAC – and specifically major markets like Singapore, India, Hong Kong and China – hold great potential for retailers with a global focus. To take advantage, however, you must be prepared to manage common issues such as high shipping costs and long wait times, which 67 per cent of APAC consumers cited as the biggest barriers to cross-border purchasing.
https://locaria.com/...s-must-be-ready-to-seize-the-apac-opportunity/
by Agne Blazyte, last edited Sep 23, 2019
This statistic shows the retail sales value of cross-border e-commerce in China in 2017 and estimates up to 2022. In 2017, China's cross-border retail e-commerce sales amounted to approximately 100.2 billion U.S. dollars and was expected to exceed 199 billion U.S. dollars by 2022.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006760/...etail-ecommerce-sales/
Singapore – November 21, 2019 – Rakuten Kobo, a world-leading innovator in eBooks and digital reading, today announced the launch of its full range of eReaders and accessories in Singapore, continuing its global expansion and mission of making reading lives better. The launch includes a strategic partnership with Ingram Micro, a global distributor and enabler or technology solutions, as well as key retailers throughout Singapore.
Kobo’s current range of devices includes the Kobo Clara HD (SGD199.90), the Kobo Libra H2O (SGD279.90), and the Kobo Forma (SGD399.90), as well as a line of accessories unique to each device. Beginning November 19, the range will be available from kobo.com, as well as at key retailers such as Challenger, Courts, Sprint-cass, and others.
All Kobo eReaders can connect to local public libraries directly from within the device using one-touch OverDrive access. Set-up is free with a library card, and through an integrated catalogue, users can search for the title they want, and depending on availability at your local library, choose to borrow from OverDrive or buy through the Kobo eBook store.
https://www.kobo.com/news/...-in-singapore-continues-global-expansion
Monday 9 September 2019 | 12:51 CET | News
Viber leads among messengers used in Belarus, reports Tut.by citing a poll carried out by the NGO Baltic Internet Policy Initiative and the company #DB3. A total of 662 respondents aged 15 to 74 participated in the poll.
https://www.telecompaper.com/news/...g-messengers-in-belarus--1307331
Wie aus der Statistik von Similar Web hervorgeht, ist der Viber Messenger die beliebteste mobile Anwendung in der Ukraine. Die Anwendung ist auf 97% der ukrainischen Smartphones installiert. Ab Januar 2019 hatte Viber auch eine beherrschende Stellung in Belarus, mehreren mitteleuropäischen Ländern, Armenien und Tadschikistan inne.
https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-economy/...mu-zaroblae-v-ukraini.html
Critical Press Coverage Extremely Likely to Affect Rakuten (OTCMKTS:RKUNF) Share Price
Posted by Steve Becker on Nov 28th, 2019
Press coverage about Rakuten (OTCMKTS:RKUNF) has been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Rakuten earned a media sentiment score of -2.20 on their scale. InfoTrie also gave press coverage about the company an news buzz score of 10 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.
https://mitchellmessenger.com/2019/11/28/...core-of-2-20-updated.html