Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Last month, the Israeli company received a $200 million credit line from Credit Suisse
Israel-based online lender BlueVine Capital Inc. has announced a $60 million round E funding on Tuesday. The investment round was led by Menlo Park, California-based Menlo Ventures and participated by SVB Capital and existing investors.

With this latest funding, investment in BlueVine has reached $128 million. The company also raised $500 million in credit lines, including a $200 million credit line from Credit Suisse, announced in May. Among BlueVine’s existing investors are Lightspeed Venture Partners, Israel-based venture capital firm 83 North, Citi Ventures, and Rakuten Capital's Rakuten Fintech Fund.

www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3739588,00.html

First-world countries: Japan, the United Kingdom, and South Korea with highest growth rates in the future

For those who sell globally, it’s important to know that Asia is responsible for almost a half of the mobile commerce market. China, UAE, and Turkey have the highest number of mobile shoppers, with 68%, 57% and 53%, respectively, of the total population. Also, the emerging markets with the highest growth rates are India, Taiwan, and Malaysia. The first-world countries are not staying behind: the highest growth rates are detected in Japan, the United Kingdom, and South Korea.

amasty.com/blog/...-commerce-trends-and-statistics-2017-2018/

That are only the US-numbers – numbers from abroad must be added

Pinterest is expected to generate ad revenues of $553.3 million in 2018 in the US, according to the latest forecast for eMarketer. The prediction would mark a 43.8% increase from 2017 ($384.7 million).

The forecast further predicts that by 2020, Pinterest will hit the $1 billion mark.

www.businessofapps.com/pinterest-ad-revenue-to-jump-44-in-2018/

In einer kürzlichen veröffentlichten Studie von Aufgesang und Searchmetrics stellte sich heraus, dass immer weniger Kunden über Facebook & Co. gewonnen werden. Da der Online-Handel trotzdem beständig wächst, muss es andere Akquisequellen geben.

Hier kommt Pinterest ins Spiel!

Denn Pinterest liefert im Vergleich zum Vorjahr 26,59% mehr Besucher und hat als Traffic-Kanal erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Der Brand Relevance Index von Prophet setzt Pinterest sogar auf Position 3 – direkt hinter Apple und Amazon!

business.trustedshops.de/blog/pinterest-marketing-tipps/

As the cross-border EC market rapidly grows, Cross Border Trading (CBT) business of Rakuten becomes one of the key business domain for further growth of Rakuten's EC business.

The mission of Rakuten's CBT is (1) deliver attractive product from Japan to customers all over the world, and (2) empower Japanese companies and economics by creating new demand for the product.

In order to expand the brand awareness of Rakuten and our CBT service, we have the Marketing teams for each of key market such as China, US, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and so forth.

www.glassdoor.de/job-listing/...2787&countryRedirect=true

The Washington Post is furthering its experimentation on messaging app Viber, introducing a chatbot and second collection of journalism-themed stickers to the platform, which is currently used by more than 1bn people worldwide. The Post's news bot will be available to all users, worldwide, and is the first of its kind to appear on Viber.

"We've seen great potential to grow our audience internationally by allowing readers to access Post journalism on widely-used messaging apps like Viber, where they spend most of their time," said Ryan Kellett, senior director of audience for The Post. "With the platform's massive global user base, we'll continue to create interesting and fun ways to engage on this platform."

The Post's chatbot automatically sends users the top headlines from five different news sections (Politics, National, World, Opinions and Entertainment) directly within the app. Users can opt to receive updates either daily or weekly, and can also receive additional updates from their sections of interest by tapping on an icon. The feature also includes a dashboard where users can subscribe to The Post, watch original video content and invite friends to sign up for the chatbot too.

www.mobilemarketingmagazine

About Rakuten Institute of Technology

Rakuten Institute of Technology was established in 2006 as the dedicated R&D organization

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https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/...&category=corp%20ec

Ein gutes Beispiel ist die japanische Firma Rakuten mit ihrem Ziel, eines der weltgrössten Eco-Systems zu werden. Rakuten wurde vor rund 20 Jahren gegründet und ist mittlerweile in allen möglichen Industrien tätig: Ob Energie, Kosmetik, Sport oder eben Versicherung, Rakuten integriert rund 70 Unternehmen und zählt ca. 1,1 Milliarden Mitglieder. Ein System von Loyalitätspunkten und eigener Blockchain-basierter Währung hält die Kunden im Eco-System. Mit der Rakuten-Kreditkarte können sie bequem und über einen Zugangspunkt alle möglichen Produkte und Dienstleistungen kaufen oder Finanzdienstleistungen wie Hypotheken und Wertpapierhandel in Anspruch nehmen.

www.labella.ch/de/Aktuelles/Newsmeldung?newsid=15

the United Kingdom, and South Korea with highest growth rates in the future

For those who sell globally, it’s important to know that Asia is responsible for almost a half of the mobile commerce market. China, UAE, and Turkey have the highest number of mobile shoppers, with 68%, 57% and 53%, respectively, of the total population. Also, the emerging markets with the highest growth rates are India, Taiwan, and Malaysia. The first-world countries are not staying behind: the highest growth rates are detected in Japan, the United Kingdom, and South Korea.

amasty.com/blog/...-commerce-trends-and-statistics-2017-2018/

an Lyft offenlegen.

Lyft files IPO documents with SEC

Lyft has filed a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its long-awaited initial public offering, Lyft wrote in a press release today. However, the exact timing of the offering is unclear.

In a confidential filing with the SEC, Lyft did not state the number of shares it expects to offer, nor the price range. But Lyft says it expects to make its initial public offering after the SEC finishes its review process.

Lyft was last valued at about $15 billion, while competitor Uber is valued north of $100 billion. Uber, of course, is also expected to go public sometime next year. According to Reuters, Lyft’s IPO will happen during the first half of 2019 and be underwritten by JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse and Jeffries.

techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/lyft-ipo/

Lyft is aiming to debut in March or April, according to people familiar with the matter. By filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission now, the company should have enough time to answer questions from the agency and keep to its schedule.

In October, The Wall Street Journal reported that Lyft had picked underwriters for its offering. The firm’s valuation is expected to top the $15.1 billion it was valued at earlier this year.

By contrast, Lyft is expected to point out that its business, which operates mostly in the U.S. and Canada, doesn’t have the same giant losses as Uber, people familiar with the matter said.

Like Uber, Lyft makes money by taking a commission on rides booked through its app. It posted third-quarter revenue of $563 million, up 88% compared with the year-earlier period, the Journal has reported. It lost $254 million in the latest quarter.

In November, Uber said its third-quarter revenue rose 38% to $2.95 billion, and it posted a loss of $1.07 billion.

www.wsj.com/articles/lyft-proceeds-with-ipo-plans-1544099168

von Rakuten an Lyft und einer  von mir angenommenen IPO-Marktkapitalisierung von Lyft von ca. 18 Milliarden Dollar wäre die Rakuten-Beteiligung an Lyft ca. 2,7 Milliarden US-Dollar wert - das ist in etwa ein Viertel der momentanen Marktkapitalisierung von Rakuten.

Ich gehe allerdings nicht davon aus, dass Rakuten nicht  viel von seiner Beteiligung sofort zu Geld machen wird - zumindest nicht solange, wie nicht über einen eventuellen Merger mit Cabify entschieden ist, wo Rakuten noch einen sehr viel größeren Anteil hält als bei Lyft. Und Cabify wäre m.E. für Lyft die ideale Ergänzung und würde den Wert beider Beteiligungen erhöhen.

Go-Jek's latest funding round in October 2018 was reported to be $1.2 b. In total, Go-Jek has raised $3.3 b. Go-Jek's latest valuation is reported to be $9 b.

craft.co/go-jek

Rakubin! is a GPS app delivery service that connects people in central Tokyo with goods in a little as 20 minutes. Party in the park? Click for a case. Suddenly decide to pop the question in the restaurant? Here’s flowers on call.

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Rakuten e-commerce' will hold the company's e-commerce activities in Japan, where Rakuten is market leader with a share of 27 % (or 25 billion euro) in 2017.

www.retaildetail.eu/en/news/general/...e-huge-turnover-growth

of participating members

www.viber.com/blog/2018-11-13/...nd-engage-a-viber-community/

R&I affirms Rakuten's rating at "A-" and says stable outlook-R&I
Friday, 19 Oct 2018 02:32am EDT

Oct 19(Reuters) - Rakuten Inc <4755.T>:Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) affirmed the company's rating at "A-"-R&I.Rating outlook stable-R&I.

www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/4755.T/key-developments

vimeo.com/304899298

auch davon, dass die Eigner keine US-Boys wie Zuckerberg, Bezos und wie die anderen Vögel auch noch heißen sind, sondern Japaner - und nicht einmal Chinesen.

absurderweise noch nicht in den Kursen widerspiegelt.

www.statista.com/statistics/223368/...nance-operating-profit/

de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/...ten-nach-quartalen/

lich:

Key Statistics von Rakuten
P/E Ratio (KGV) 8.25
Price to Book Ratio (KBV) 1.5630
Price to Sales Ratio 1.1373
www.bloomberg.com/quote/4755:JP


Dazu einige Vergleichswerte aus der neuesten Printausgabe von Euro am Sonntag (Seite 25):

Amazon
KGV 84,6
KBV 20,9

Walmart
KGV 41,6
KBV  4,0

Zalando
KGV 111,3
KBV 4,6

Final Thoughts to the Rakatun-Walmart-Deal

Walmart is a powerhouse of retail and ecommerce, and makes an ideal partner for Rakuten Kobo to expand its marketplace for not only its proprietary eReader products, but also digital grocery ordering and delivery. Amazon's Kindle may be the world's most recognized brand of eReader, but Rakuten isn't letting itself be intimidated, and is dedicated to taking the internet giant on.

The final word goes to Walmart President and Chief Executive Officer, Doug McMillon. "Rakuten is a strong ecommerce business, and we're excited to collaborate with the top online shopping destination in Japan. Here in Japan and everywhere we operate, we're constantly exploring new ways to make every day easier for customers by offering great experiences in stores, online, via mobile, no matter how customers want to shop. We look forward to expanding our grocery footprint in Japan and launching a new offering of eBooks and audiobooks for our customers in the US."

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The messaging application Rakuten Viber (Viber) has announced that its messaging platform increased overall engagement by 15 per cent for its 1 billion registered global users thanks to shifting its innovation strategy from being product-centric to user-centric.

This user insights-driven product strategy has improved overall platform messaging by 15 per cent for its one billion users, a key factor in driving engaged conversations among individuals, as well as community members.

bizhub.vn/tech/...of-viber-users-up-by-15-per-cent_297536.html

Saturday, 07/07/2018, 11:03

Viber, one of the popular communication applications on mobile devices, officially introduced its community in Vietnam recently in Ho Chi Minh City. This signals its promising return with more services for users.

english.vov.vn/society/...ly-introduced-in-vietnam-378558.vov
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