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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Recruit Holdings Secondary Offering: Coming at a Full Valuation
Recruit Holdings (6098 JP) announced a secondary offering of 121.5 million shares (7.2% of shares outstanding), assuming the over-allotment options...
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ASKUL: Post AGM Shakeout, ASKUL Independence Means Less Event-y, More Drifty-Growthy
Three weeks ago the Askul Corp (2678 JP) AGM dethroned founder and former CEO Iwata Shoichiro, and left former COO Yoshioka Akira as new CEO (2 Aug...
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Japan Retail Review and Ranking 2018-19: Profit Growth Slowing as Competition Increases
The following is an in-depth review of the retail sector results for 2018-19 giving investors a quick overview of the strengths and weaknesses in...
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