Japan Fashion E-Commerce: Direct Investment by Retailers on the Rise
Fashion is the fastest growing and largest category in the e-commerce channel in 2018. Fashion items are easy to stock and ship and low...
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Japan Mobile: KDDI's Modest Data Bundle Boost Highlights Challenges to Rakuten
KDDI's discount brand UQ Mobile has increased the amount of data in its mid-range smartphone plans from 9GB to 10GB, whilst it will also increase...
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Japan Telecoms: Drilling Down on Free Cash Flow and Shareholder Returns
Japanese telcos have plenty of financial flexibility and political/social cover to maintain current policies on returns to shareholders. We expect...
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Softbank Corp: Commercial 5G in Japan Arrives Later This Month
Softbank Corp (9434 JP) said today that it would launch commercial 5G services on 27 March with two handsets. Nominally, 5G will cost an...
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Japanese E-Commerce Review 2020: Softbank/Z, Rakuten and Amazon to Dominate Further
What statistics are available suggest that Japan lags behind China, USA and the UK in terms of e-commerce penetration but this position overlooks...
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