Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Carousell’s Journey to IPO in 2022 – Singapore Unicorn Start Up?

By Financial Horse • June 1, 2022

https://thefinance.sg/2022/06/01/...-2022-singapore-unicorn-start-up/  

Streetwear in SEA: Carousell-owned Ox Street on why sneakers have become an investment asset

Ashleigh Durden 15 hours ago

Alternative investments are a polarising concept. Some look at them as a vehicle for financial control, while others pass them off as scams and get-rich-quick schemes.

Among Gen Z and millennials, these investments — from crypto to sneakers — are becoming commonplace. In a survey conducted by Fundrise this February, it was revealed that over 50 per cent of young investors were looking to increase their allocation to alternative investments.

Singapore-based sneaker marketplace Ox Street has been capitalising on this trend in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2019, the platform gives regional consumers convenient access to the latest drops.

Screenshot of Ox Street

“Traditionally there’s been a big supply gap when it comes to Southeast Asian and Australian sneakerheads having access to the most coveted kicks. Even when they are connected to the latest drops, they’re left empty-handed for several weeks due to shipping times,” says Ox Street founder Gijs Verheijke.

Ox Street has built up a vast community of local sellers and introduced instant shipping. In some cases, the platform is even able to fulfil next-day sneaker delivery.

This has allowed the platform to grow its sales by 400 per cent over the last 12 months. “The demand is credited to the rise of Gen Z investors, collectors, and fashion-conscious consumers,” adds Verheijke.

Sneakers, streetwear, Southeast Asia

Sneaker and streetwear culture is in its early days in Southeast Asia, and Ox Street hopes to pioneer its development.

We are building a regional brand that speaks to local buyers. We are looking for the rebels who are orchestrating the next revolution in street culture. Who are the next Kanyes, Virgils and Kylies, coming from Jakarta, Manila, and Ho Chi Minh?

– Gijs Verheijke, founder of Ox Street

Verheijke believes that sneakers are the glue between several subcultures in art, music and fashion, which have gone increasingly mainstream.

“We feel they can also serve as a glue between the different countries in SEA. Our dream is to be a driving force behind the evolution of street culture and the art scenes in the region, and to become the go-to cultural centre for Gen Z.”

https://worldnewsera.com/lifestyle/...ave-become-an-investment-asset/  

Hypoport-Poster, die uns hier immer wieder besuchen, genau wissen, was sie verkaufen und dafür kaufen sollten.

Als alter Fundi bin ich auch heute noch dafür, dass man sich an den Fundamtenaldaten orientieren sollte.  

With most of its 4G network deployed, Counterpoint Research believes that Rakuten Mobile’s financials should start to improve during the second half of 2022 helped by cost reductions due to lower roaming costs, lower capex expenditures and to some extent boosted by increasing revenues at its Symphony telecom platform.

Rakuten also needs to continue deploying its 5G network, which will require a much denser network than 4G. Although 2Q capex may well be less than the $1.1 billion expenditure in 1Q, Counterpoint Research believes that infrastructure spending will remain high throughout 2022 and into 2023 as Rakuten continues deploying 5G radios throughout its network. In contrast to its open-RAN brethren Dish, however, Rakuten has been reporting steadily increasing mobile revenues for several months, which the company claims will be boosted significantly by revenues from its Symphony telco business from the end of 2022 onwards.

https://www.counterpointresearch.com/rakuten-3/  

Rakuten TV has just announced the launch of new channels via the Plex service

Video on-demand platform Rakuten TV has just announced the launch of new channels via the Plex service. These are tailored around specific types of content, such as Action, Thrillers, Comedy and Top Movies, so if you're not entirely sure what you want to watch you can just tune in to one of the channels that's to your liking and see something curated to your taste.

In total Plex offers access to a library of over 50,000 different titles, including movies, TV shows and sports and music content.

You can watch the Rakuten TV channels via the Plex app which is available on iPhones, Android phones and tablets as well as on streaming devices such as Amazon's Fire TV range, and on Roku and Chromecast products.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/...h-blockbuster-movies-for-free  

The Power of Context – The Three Rs: Recall, Resonating, and Returns

By Rakuten Advertising | June 16, 2022 | MARKETING STRATEGIES

Agencies must see CTV inventory as a key factor within a modern media planning strategy. It should sit atop the long-established traditional TV layer, where it can reinforce the broadcast element with that of ‘narrowcasting’ by advertising to consumers in the mentality they are in at that time.

Planning successful CTV strategies isn’t complex, which makes its increased usage a necessity. The fact that viewers are actively searching for – and purchasing – what they’ve seen advertised on streaming services makes the conversation with clients even easier.

https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/...gies/the-power-context-recall/  

Take a look at Rakuten Bank in compare to competitors worldwide

https://about.moodys.io/data-stories/...erve-into-old-banking-systems
 

bei einem KGV von 40 schon allein für Rakuten Bank auf eine Valuation von 10 Milliarden Dollar.  

Strong numbers of Rakuten Securities

Rakuten Securities, one of the largest financial trading services providers in Asia, surpassed 7.68 million general securities customer accounts in March 2022.

“Since 2018, Rakuten Securities has held the record for the highest number of new account openings in the industry for four consecutive years. The company ranked number one in the industry not only in the number of newly opened NISA and iDeCo accounts, but also in total sales of investment trusts, which reached 691.9 billion yen in Q1 FY2022, as Rakuten Securities grows into an industry leader.

https://publicnewstime.com/news/...llion-yen-in-revenues-during-fy22/  

Pet Insurance Market Experiences a Huge Growth by 2028 | Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA), Rakuten Inc, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Pet Insurance Australia, Embrace Pet Insurance Agency and Agria Pet Insurance

https://hightimbertimes.com/uncategorized/...ncy-and-agria-pe/230670/  

"However, Rakuten Mobile serves as a case study for potential industry cost savings. Rakuten developed a native cloud platform based on open RAN standards, which it now offers to other mobile operators as a service. Rakuten’s claimed results are significant: reduced CAPEX by 40% (mainly in hardware and deployment, which dropped by 60% and 50%, respectively) and OPEX by 30% (reducing rent and electricity [-25%], operations [-50%], and field maintenance [-70%] primarily due to needing fewer resources to manage the network, while doubling data center costs and increasing transmission costs by 50%) compared to a traditional mobile operator.

A Tier 1 efficient operator on average invests 13%-16% of yearly revenues in network CAPEX and OPEX spending. Hence, we estimate an EBITDA margin increase for Rakuten that is somewhere in the range of 4%-5% and CAPEX savings equivalent to 5%-6% of revenues."

https://www.adlittle.com/en/insights/report/operations-40  

Telecom’s Tough Questions: Is Open RAN the answer for telecom?

By Geoff Hollingworth

Chief Marketing Officer Rakuten Symphony

https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...-open-ran-the-answer-for-telecom  

Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) Market 2022 Trending Vendors Altiostar,ASOCS Ltd,Cisco Systems, Inc.,Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson,FUJITSU

June 22, 2022

https://hightimbertimes.com/uncategorized/...ricssonfujitsu-2/141011/  

Online Apparel Market Significant Growth Analysis 2022-2029 | Giordano International,American Apparel,Rakuten,Amazon.com

The global Online Apparel Market is expected to grow with a CAGR greater than 11.77% during the forecast period of 2022-2029.

June 27, 2022

https://www.designerwomen.co.uk/...american-apparelrakutenamazon-com/  

Glimpse of 2nd Open RAN India 2022 – Hybrid Edition held on 16th June 2022 at Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi, Organised by BHARAT EXHIBITIONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtIxvh3zkk  

Virtual CTV Day Keynote presentation: The CTV landscape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxLKkqOMrps  

Affiliate marketing and its retail revolution – with Rakuten Advertising's Rakhee Jogia

by Lucy Shelley 23 June 2022

Affiliate marketing unlocks creativity

Affiliate marketing has a bad reputation and people are close-minded to what it is, according to Jogia. “They see it as a discount or coupon reward channel which is lower funnel. And that's not the case. I spent most of my career on the publisher side, developing these partnerships, understanding what they offer from a consumer value proposition perspective.

“We talk about the power of the channel and how innovative, resilient and cutting edge it is. Often I think traditional marketers will look at their budgets and go, ‘it's above the line, it's the branding, that is high impact,’ and they are right. But this channel can unlock so much creativity around live streaming, working with card linking networks, it's all about connecting to the consumer.

“When we inherit a program, we've had clients give us complete control. What we were able to do is completely change the media mix of their program itself – being open minded to innovation and business models, and not being closed off to seeing a business model thinking they're a coupon or a cash back.

“You can work with them where they're never going to discount your brand, but you're gonna tap into an audience in a different way. You're still going to be in a brand control environment and monitor that. Remember, with affiliate, it's very one-to-one in terms of connection to make.”

Connecting local and market expertise

Alongside London, Rakuten Advertising hosts DealMaker events in Toronto, Texas and Sydney, incorporating all regions of their global business. Jogia impresses the importance of connecting local and market expertise, and iterates how the events attempt to connect their operations together to increase their local presence and become more of a global outfit.

The events provide opportunities for brands and marketers to create connections for their affiliate programs and learn how to get the most from their partnerships. Jogia emphasises the value of affiliate marketing and lends some advice to companies embarking on a program.

“It depends on where your starting point is, what your goals are, what you're trying to achieve. You could be a well established brand who has market share such as the UK, for example, but you've never had a chance to really expand your brand in a new market. Affiliate programs are a brilliant strategy, because you might not recognise that there are audiences that resonate more to your brand.”

https://www.performancemarketingworld.com/article/...ngs-rakhee-jogia  

Rakuten (Neutral) - A Surprising Win with Goto Although Its Mobile Challenges Remain

Equity Bottom-Up

28 Jun 2022 10:30

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Rakuten's stake in Goto is worth ¥13bn and the IPO of the latter in April and the subsequent value re-rating could provide some (very) modest offset to operating losses

Our forecasts remain unchanged from our mid-month update although we would flag up potential electricity resale upside for Rakuten and the sector from utility resale

We have lowered our price target to ¥1,000 from ¥1,150 but uncertainty over the timing of a Bank listing, mobile recovery and return to profitability keep us cautious

https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/...h-its-mobile-challenges-remain  

My target for the end of 2023 is 2,500 Yen.  

Rakuten will double e-commerce turnover by 2030: CEO Mikitani - Money-losing wireless business to reach profitability milestone in 2023, tech exec says

TOKYO -- Japan's Rakuten Group aims to double its domestic e-commerce turnover to 10 trillion yen ($78.9 billion) as its money-losing wireless business grows into an earnings driver, Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani told Nikkei in an exclusive interview.

Its losses are expected to peak in the just-finished quarter through March, with an anticipated rise in subscribers helping improve margins after that. Rakuten aims for its wireless business to become profitable on a monthly basis for the first time next year.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/...2030-CEO-Mikitani  

War Rakuten zum Zeitpunkt des Verkaufs von Azimo noch an Azimo beteiligt?

https://www.finanznachrichten.de/...-and-unbound-by-geography-008.htm

Azimo has raised $66m in total funding to date, with its latest round for $20m in May 2018 led by Japan's Rakuten

https://www.altfi.com/article/...%2520its%2520European%2520expansion.

Azimo has raised $66m in total funding to date, with its latest round for $20m in May 2018 led by Japan's Rakuten

06 Mai 2016

Hohe Summe, berühmter Investor: Der japanischen E-Commerce-Riese Rakuten steigt mit 15 Millionen US-Dollar bei dem Fintech-Startup Azimo ein. Das 2012 in London von Marta Krupinska und Michael Kent gegründete Unternehmen macht einen Viertel seines Geschäfts in Deutschland – und will das mit dem neuen Kapital weiter ausbauen.

https://www.businessinsider.de/gruenderszene/...akuten-azimo-fintech/

Rakuten nimmt an 15 Mio. Dollar Finanzierungsrunde für britisches Payment-Startup Azimo teil

E-Commerce: Online-Payment

Freitag, 1. Juni 2018 um 16:55

Tokio (IT-Times) - Der größte japanische E-Commerce Konzern Rakuten Inc. intensiviert seine Fintech-Ambitionen und investiert in den britischen Online-Payment Dienst Azimo.

https://www.it-times.de/news/...es-payment-startup-azimo-teil-128934/  

Radcom Aktie: 5G und neue virtuelle Mobilfunk Technik (Rakuten Mobile) Pure Play aus Israel RDCM

Philipp Haas - investresearch Aktien Podcast • Vor 22 Stunden

https://anchor.fm/philipp-haas/episodes/...ay-aus-Israel-RDCM-e1jmbdd

 

Private Capital Markets

02 Jun 2022 01:11

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Rakuten Bank has grown rapidly to become Japan’s largest online bank with a relatively young demographic focused on city centres, particularly Tokyo.

The COVID pandemic and government initiatives to accelerate Japan’s transition towards a more cashless society have helped drive growth.

However, the key long-term advantage remains its prominent position within the exceptionally strong Rakuten points ecosystem.

https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/...nk-point-ecosystem-beneficiary  

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/innovation/rnn/2022/2206_001/

 

That gives Rakuten Symphony a grand total of 44 ongoing industry engagements

The company also noted that out of the 110 potential customers it has currently identified, it now has 13 existing deals, seven are in the process of closing, and another 24 are in a proposal phase, though it did not specify any names: That gives it a grand total of 44 ongoing industry engagements.

https://www.telecomtv.com/content/open-ran/...-technology-push-44629/