Rakuten Belanja Online launched Rakuten University in Indonesia, the first one in Southeast Asia, yesterday. Rakuten University is a facility that helps SMEs to enter e-commerce. It works likely to similiar established programs in Indonesia like Elevenia’s Seller Zone. Continue reading Rakuten Introduced Rakuten University in Indonesia
Kara Swisher at AllThingsD reported that Rakuten is set to acquire Singapore-based video site Viki for $200 million. The acquisition was revealed in an interview with Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani who has led the retail company further into the content and publishing field with an investment in Pinterest, and the acquisition of e-book platform company Kobo as well as Spanish video rental company Wuaki.
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