Taobao and Yahoo Japan's eCommerce platform beating eBay ?
China's largest e-retailer Taobao and Yahoo! Japan have joined forces to launch a cross-border eCommerce hub on June 1st.Taobao and Yahoo Japan launch the largest eCommerce platformAnnounced a few...
View ArticleBaidu and Rakuten launch their e-Commerce platform 'Le Ku Tian'
The Chinese search engine company Baidu and the Japanese online retailer Rakuten opened their e-Commerce platform Rakuten.com.cn, named 'Le Ku Tian'. Vendors can now register on the website.The B2B2C...
View ArticleRakuten acquires French eCommerce leader PriceMinister
Japan's online mall giant Rakuten acquires French number one online eCommerce platformPriceMinister for about 200 million euros.Rakuten buys France's biggest eCommerce platformRakuten which is Japan’s...
View ArticleFacebook wants to grow in China even if it's still blocked
World’s largest social network serviceFacebook hopes to grow in Asia, and notably in China, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the Cannes Lions advertising festival. World's largest SNS...
View ArticleTop online payment platforms in China, Japan and South Korea
With the development of e-business, many different payment systems have emerged for online merchants.E-commerce payment systems include traditional credit/debit/charge cards but also new technologies...
View ArticleSearch engine market share by country
This post contains market shares for search engines in the world and several countries including the US, China, Japan and South-Korea. Data provided by comScore is based on “expanded search”...
View ArticleYahoo Japan chooses Google as search partner
Yahoo! Japan announced its intention to team up with Google for search and ads. Google to power Yahoo! Japan for search and ads This news can seem surprising since Microsoft and Yahoo! created a Search...
View ArticleRakuten: An Internet Giant
Rakuten, the Japanese giant e-commerce platform and the world's third largest e-commerce company by revenue (US$ 4.94 billion in 2011), is expanding beyond its traditional Japanese borders faster than...
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