Rakuten has just announced that they bought 100% of French E-commerce company PriceMinister S.A.
After venturing in China, Thailand, the US with Buy.com Japanese e-commerce portal shows it wants to become a worldwide juggernaut. With Mixi going China and Gree in the US, are we reliving the massive international investments that Japan companies did years ago? For the same fate?
➡ Rakuten Subsidizes French No.1 E-Commerce Company PriceMinister
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