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E-Commerce Industry To Be Worth More Than $4trn This Year

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E-Commerce Industry To Be Worth More Than $4trn This Year

The global e-commerce industry will be worth more than $4 trillion (€3.68 trillion) this year, new data has suggested, however its growth rate is set...

Carrefour To Open Virtual Store On Rakuten Marketplace

Retailer Carrefour has announced plans to open a 'virtual store' on the Rakuten marketplace in April, in a partnership that will enable the two players to...

Japan Gets Its First Digital Walmart Store

Walmart has announced the opening of its first e-commerce store in Japan, in partnership with Tokyo-based online shopping platform Rakuten. The Walmart...

Walmart Teams With Japan's Rakuten For E-Books, Groceries

Walmart has forged another alliance to counter Amazon, partnering with Japan’s Rakuten to sell e-books in the US and improve its online grocery busin...