https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/rakuten/ Ecommerce Industry News Wed, 08 May 2024 17:38:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/rakuten/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/05/08/rakutens-japanese-app-rakuma-to-sell-on-ebay-com/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/05/08/rakutens-japanese-app-rakuma-to-sell-on-ebay-com/#respond Wed, 08 May 2024 17:38:42 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230765 eBay will give US shoppers the ability to purchase items listed by Japanese sellers through an agreement with Rakuten’s Rakuma marketplace app. The companies will test the program by listing products on eBay.com primarily in the fashion category. eBay and Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/05/08/rakutens-japanese-app-rakuma-to-sell-on-ebay-com/feed/ 0 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/08/02/bye-buy-rakuten-marketplace/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/08/02/bye-buy-rakuten-marketplace/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:46:14 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16417 Rakuten is closing its marketplace, according to TechCrunch, and will wind down its operations over the next two months. The Japanese marketplace had acquired Buy.com in 2010 for $250 million and later rebranded it. Rakuten had gone on an international Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/08/02/bye-buy-rakuten-marketplace/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/08/22/walmart-delves-into-digital-content-with-launch-of-walmart-ebooks/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:41:03 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=11015 Walmart launched a new offering for shoppers – you can now purchase ebooks on its site thanks to a new partnership with Kobo. In addition to selling individual titles, Walmart is selling an audiobook subscription plan for $9.99/month. The phrase Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/07/rakuten-acquires-curbside/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:39:09 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=10263 As the popularity of in-store and curbside pickup is growing, ecommerce giant Rakuten announced it is acquiring Curbside, a service that helps stores and restaurants offer customers “order ahead” service and uses something called “predictive arrival technology” to set itself Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/01/26/walmart-announces-strategic-alliance-rakuten/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:24:24 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=8640 The saying, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” applies to a new ecommerce alliance announced today between Rakuten and Walmart as they feel the heat from Amazon’s continuing growth. Rakuten went up against Amazon and eBay after it Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/09/08/rakuten-acquires-japanese-mobile-marketplace-app/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:43:25 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=1447 Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/06/08/low-growth-forces-rakuten-close-uk-marketplace/ Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:54:53 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=1934 Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/05/11/ebay-rakuten-partner-asia/ Wed, 11 May 2016 19:22:08 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=2087 Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/02/17/news-roundup-rakuten-retrenches-alibaba-buys-stake-groupon/ Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:32:53 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=2594 Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2015/03/17/rakuten-accept-bitcoin-global-marketplaces/ Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:25:53 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=4530 Read more]]>