Aeon's Tie with UK’s Ocado: A Chance for Online Food Leadership – but Not for a While
Aeon has become the Japanese partner to Ocado, one of the best online supermarket and systems providers for food and FMCG retailing in the...
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Seven & I Digital Setback as 7Pay Suffers Stillbirth Due to Management Bungling
Seven & I Holdings' (3382 JP) image as Japan’s most trusted retailer was severely tarnished this summer. In July, the launch of its mobile...
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The Era of Digital Zaibatsu*: Takeover of Zozo a Win for Softbank/Yahoo in Online Supremacy Battle
As everyone will now know, Yahoo Japan (4689 JP) will buy a major stake in Japan's leading online fashion retailer ZOZO Inc (3092 JP). Zozo’s...
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Amazon Japan Takes Control of Deliveries as Expansion Continues
With Yamato Holdings (9064 JP) and other major transporters increasing delivery prices over the past two years, Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US)'s Japanese...
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Everyone Wants to Buy Askul’s Lohaco, Not Just Yahoo
Yahoo Japan (4689 JP) and Askul Corp (2678 JP) have begun an unusual (for Japan) public display of disaffection in the last month. The cause is...
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