Libuda
: Minuszahlen kamen auch aus dem Future Growth
Investment-Bereich (Includes Logistics-related investments, Mobile, Payment, NBA broadcasting rights, Rakuten Rewards (Ebates) rebranding costs, etc=), wo der Verlust von 8.2 Billionen Yen auf 27.7 Billionen Yen stieg, vor allem durch die Mobile-Ausgaben, denen vor dem Start noch zu wenig Erlöse gegenüberstehen, und die Logistik-Aufrüstung.
This was Viber?s major update for the people of Bangladesh which ensured easier accessibility and usability by everyone with a smartphone in the country, a press release said on Thursday
To cater to the growing number of users in Bangladesh, popular messaging application ?Viber? has rolled out its new user interface (UI) in Bangla language for the local market.
This was Viber?s major update for the people of Bangladesh which ensured easier accessibility and usability by everyone with a smartphone in the country, a press release said on Thursday.
?Being one of the fastest-growing chat applications in Bangladesh right now, Viber has been enjoying increasing popularity. Hence, in addition to English, we decided to localize the user interface in Bangla so that it will be easier for most people in Bangladesh to navigate the app and communicate with others comfortably.
And we will take a 3-step approach. First, we would make the assurance about absolute stability in the first step that will take place in October as a small launch. And then although we are 100% confident, we want to see the result. And then online large-scale campaign would be introduced. And then there will be a major campaign and launch in the third step. Because the worst case scenario that would be the down or failure of network. And therefore -- that's why we decided to take 3-step approaches. I expected such a question to come out. And with this, I'd like to conclude today's meeting.
In fact, I hear various comments, including those from abroad, the leading carriers, top management, others, they are only talking about Rakuten Mobile. So once this succeeds, then I'm sure this is going to be a revolution. So this is not just about virtualization of network business.
Therefore, and in fact, this is what I anticipated from the beginning. We're not just mobile network operator or service provider because we created everything by ourselves, like Amazon created its own cloud, naming it AWS, just like that. With this, we are going to introduce that strategy globally.
I would say, right now, the major share of the revenue of Amazon comes from cloud. Just like that, that will be realized for Rakuten as well.
Libuda
: Ich denke einmal, das Wissen, das Rakuten hinter
Glovo steht, ist für Entscheidungen wie die folgende sehr wichtig:
Carrefour goes for fast home delivery with Glovo deal
§ PARIS (Reuters) - Carrefour (CARR.PA) has teamed up with Spanish start-up Glovo to provide a fast home delivery service as the French supermarket group looks to deal with growing competition from the likes of Amazon (AMZN.O) as well as domestic rivals.
Carrefour?s Glovo partnership will cover four countries - France, Spain, Italy and Argentina - and will start operating by early October at the latest. The service will aim to deliver 2,500 products to customers? homes within 30 minutes.
Carrefour, Europe?s largest retailer, is in the midst of a five-year plan to boost sales and profits.
And so far, our service has been quite popular. That is why we consider that this is a number that we can achieve. And in fact, within Japan, compared to Amazon, we would say we are more advanced than -- I hear that is 5x or more compared to Amazon, that's Rakuten value. When we try to evaluate value, I would say, the market cap is too low, too undervalued. And therefore, when membership value is translated into a net present value. At present, it is JPY 5 trillion, that is 21.3% higher year-on-year, with mobile and other services introduced. We want to achieve JPY 10 trillion membership value, that's a target.
Libuda
: JP Morgan: Lyft-Kursziel von 86 auf 90 US-Dollar
Analyst Douglas Anmuth von der US-Bank JPMorgan sprach von einem beeindruckenden zweiten Quartal für Lyft. Das Unternehmen gehe nun den Pfad hin zur Profitabilität mit höherem Tempo. Der Experte hob sein Kursziel von 86 auf 90 US-Dollar an. Er traut dem Papier damit annähernd 50 Prozent Upside zu.
Libuda
: This could happen with Rakuten in Japan and
worldwide, too:
Reliance-Microsoft cloud tie-up poses threat to Amazon, Google in India
MUMBAI/COLOMBO (Reuters) - India?s Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS) on Monday announced a partnership with Microsoft?s (MSFT.O) Azure cloud platform, in a move that deepens the offerings of its Jio telecoms unit while posing a direct challenge to rival cloud services providers such as Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Alphabet?s Google (GOOGL.O).
As part of the 10-year alliance, Jio will build data centers across India that will be hosted on Microsoft?s Azure cloud, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani told shareholders at the company annual shareholders? meeting.
Reliance?s foray into the cloud services market - essentially selling computer services such as website hosting and data storage - could intensify competition in an Indian market dominated by Amazon Web Services (AWS), say analysts.
Ambani disrupted India?s telecoms industry in late 2016 when he launched Jio with free voice and cut-price data plans, pushing some rivals out of business and forcing others to match tariffs and consolidate in a crowded sector that once comprised more than 10 carriers.
Libuda
: Bei Rakuten Marketing steht alles im Zeichen der
Expansion
Das Affiliate-Marketing entwickelt sich ständig weiter und wir von Rakuten Marketing nehmen mit Blick auf internationale Expansionsmöglichkeiten eine Spitzenreiterrolle ein. Die Begrüßung und Einführung unserer Führungsebene wurde von Anthony Capano, Rakuten Marketings Managing Director International gehalten und stand unter dem Titel ?Die Zukunft des Performance Marketings: KI und Programmatik?. Es wurden vor allem die hohen Investitionen der Unternehmen in die Zusammenführung ihrer Verbraucherdaten erwähnt und dass wir uns nun an dem Wendepunkt befinden, an dem Marketer diese Daten aktivieren und sich verstärkt auf die Performance ihrer Marketing-Kampagnen konzentrieren.
Anthony analysierte die Trends, die das Affiliate-Marketing derzeit verändern, darunter Top-Themen wie das Machine Learning, die Automatisierung sowie unser neustes Produkt ? Programmatik Affiliate Marketing. Es wurden wichtige Erkenntnisse über Möglichkeiten zur globalen Expansion diskutiert, deshalb war diese Keynote ein Muss für Publisher und Advertiser gleichermaßen.
Der Uber-Konkurrent Lyft hat sich im zweiten Quartal dank eines kräftigen Kundenwachstums besser als erwartet geschlagen. Verglichen mit dem Vorjahreswert legte der Umsatz in den drei Monaten bis Ende Juni um 72 Prozent auf 876 Millionen Dollar zu.
Libuda
: Building Rakuten into one of North America's best-
-known brands
The rebranding of Ebates to Rakuten is going smoothly and will continue through 2019, said Down Coulson. ?The goal of the campaign was to come out the other side with a brand that we?re proud of,? said Down Coulson. ?We?ve successfully addressed our members and the rest of the U.S. to Rakuten. Now we?re well on the way to building Rakuten into one of North America?s best-known brands.?
AmRest Holdings, SE ('AmRest') announces the signing on August 13, 2019 of an agreement (the 'Agreement') with Glovoapp23, S.L. ('Glovo') for the transfer from AmRest to Glovo of 100% shares in the aggregator Restaurant Partner Polska Sp. z o.o. ('PizzaPortal'). Total sale price is EUR 30 million plus a EUR 5 million earn-out. In consideration AmRest will receive a combination of cash and new issued shares of Glovo. The transaction is subject to certain conditions precedent customary in M&A deals.
Glovo is one of Europe's leading platform for online ordering and delivery of food and other consumer goods. Currently Glovo has more than 5.5 million users and 16,000 associated partners. It is present in 202 cities across 26 countries in EEMEA, LATAM, and most recently, sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.marketscreener.com/...medium=RSS&utm_content=20190813
Community on the Road to the 2019 Spartan World Championship
Powered By RakutenRakuten Viber, a calling and messaging app that connects one billion users across the globe, and Spartan, the world's largest obstacle course race (OCR) and endurance brand, have announced the creation of the "Spartan Viber Global Community" surrounding the 2019 Spartan World Championship Powered By Rakuten. The platform allows Spartan participants and fans from across the world to access exclusive content from top athletes and personalities in the sport. Rakuten Viber became the "Official Communications Platform" of Spartan when its parent company, Rakuten, entered into a multi-year "Powered By" partnership with the brand in 2018. "Spartan has a passionate community of more than six million people across the world, and the Rakuten Viber channel will allow them all to access valuable content to help them eat, train and think," said Spartan Founder and CEO Joe De Sena.
Libuda
: Why this veteran investor chose Lyft over Uber
9:01 AM ET Tue, 13 Aug 2019
Jihan Bowes-Little, co-founder and managing partner of Bracket Capital, spent 17 years as a portfolio manager for Goldman Sachs, Millennium and Bluecrest Capital. Now he is an investor in the most-talked-about companies, including Lyft, Coinbase, SpaceX, AirBnB, Juul, and Impossible Foods. He joins "Squawk Box" to discuss how he approaches investing and the markets.