Japan : Rakuten in partnership with Seiyu

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12 December 2018 à 14h34

Updated on 10 May 2019 à 16h29

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Japanese online retail company Rakuten is partnering with Wal-Mart-owned supermarket Seiyu to launch an online grocery service. 20,000 products will be available on the site. “We can tap into Rakuten’s 99 million-strong membership base,” said Seiyu.

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