Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

https://www.businessinsider.de/...ality-concerns-2018-7?r=US&IR=T  

25th July 2018
Voom has announced its partnership with Cabify to deliver a seamless ground-to-air travel experience in Mexico City. The partnership – named “Cabify Air”- is committed to delivering the most seamless and convenient travel experience in one of the world’s most congested cities.

Mexico City is notorious for its congested roadways. In fact, the city ranked #1 in terms of road congestion in the world according to the 2017 TomTom Traffic Index. Accordingly, there is a tremendous opportunity to develop new mobility solutions in the city. Voom + Cabify are introducing one such model by letting customers take to the skies to avoid road traffic. With its pooling technology, Voom is able to offer flights for 80–90% less than traditional helicopter services. As a result, helicopter flights are now a viable and affordable solution to those looking to escape city traffic, particularly those who are travelling to the city’s airports.

Cabify and Voom are both on a mission to build the cities of the future, which includes new and innovative models of transportation. The two companies launched a similar partnership in São Paulo, Brazil in 2017. Given the success of the partnership in that city, the companies have extended the service to Mexico City.

http://www.newmobility.global/...engers-convenient-travel-experience/
 

calling app partner of the Golden State Warriors

We’re proud to announce that our parent company, Rakuten, has been named an official partner of the NBA and that Viber is the official instant messaging and calling app partner of the Golden State Warriors! For a chance to win amazing prizes, check out the Golden State Warriors trivia chatbot and start participating in weekly trivia!

The Golden State Warriors chatbot includes six main features that will allow you to obtain  exclusive content from your favorite team: you can watch videos on the Golden State Warriors YouTube channel, get the scoop on Golden State Warriors news, follow the team’s scores, schedule and standings, invite friends to join you, and download the official Golden State Warriors sticker pack. Additional information available to you on the chatbot includes stats and information from the NBA Mobile Statistical Feed regarding all your favorite players.

https://www.viber.com/blog/2018-02-28/...riors-weekly-trivia-chatbot/
 

 

Viber has a massive and engaged female user presence in Greece

Queen.gr is a wildly popular and influential women’s entertainment and lifestyle publication, providing a provocative, insightful and empowering digital experience for its readers.
Viber has a massive and engaged female user presence in Greece, so Queen.gr sought to cultivate an all-in-one digital home for them and their readers to communicate in a 1-to-1 manner. From user acquisition to content marketing and retention, they wanted to build a personal and authentic experience for old and new fans.

Queen.gr launched a Public Account, featuring a Sticker Pack and bot experience, to provide meaningful conversation and engagement with followers. Using these solutions and an active audience, Queen.gr amplified their Viber experience with in-app promotions and stunts. This strategy yielded immediate success and proved to be a place that Queen.gr and fans want to call home for a long time.

http://info.viber.com/rs/879-RYH-696/images/...queen_gr_casestudy.pdf
 

app with an enterprise-level social management platform.
This move will let brands analyse interactions with customers on Viber, gleaning actional data to inform customer service and business decisions.

The app currently has 900 million users worldwide. After Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, Viber is the top-ranked messaging app in more than 10 countries and it has a large market share in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/...messenger-app-viber/1457766
 

Agree to Form a Business Alliance in the Sale of Rakuten STAY MOTEL Facilities
- The two companies are to offer branded accommodation with garages ideal for guests traveling by car -

Tokyo, June 25, 2018 – Rakuten LIFULL STAY, Inc., the Rakuten Group’s vacation rental service provider, and Tokyo Alive Estate inc., a company involved in the construction and sale of investment real estate properties, today announced that the two companies have agreed to form a business alliance regarding the Rakuten STAY MOTEL sub-brand of Rakuten STAY, the branding and operational support service for vacation rental properties and shared accommodation provided by Rakuten LIFULL STAY.

Through the alliance, Tokyo Alive Estate will act as a sales agent for Rakuten STAY MOTEL properties to real estate owners. The concept design and planning of these properties will be carried out by GRIFFON, Inc. under the supervision of Rakuten LIFULL STAY, and Tokyo Alive Estate will manage the design and construction of the facilities. Rakuten STAY MOTEL properties will be aimed at groups or families travelling by car, and as such the properties are planned to be constructed on sites facing suburban roads. Prospective real estate owners will be able to apply for the Rakuten STAY MOTEL sub-brand from July 1, 2018

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2018/...egory=ec%20fintech
 

 

https://www.google.de/...Q44YBKAUwEnoECAoQLg&biw=1440&bih=783



Bei Belgien auf weiter anklicken, denn es folgen noch Niederlande und Japan.
 

die Rakuten-Beteiligung Carousell.

https://www.aseantoday.com/2018/05/...ate-to-the-digital-wallet-game/  

"Nun zeigt sich endgültig das Geschäftsmodell des Konzerns: Die Geldmaschine Facebook war nicht trotz, sondern gerade wegen ihres Verzichts auf Mindeststandards bei Sicherheit und Kontrolle so profitabel. Jahrelang konnten die Debatten über Datenschutz, Sicherheit und geistige Gesundheit von Nutzern - man denke an live übertragene Folter oder Vergewaltigung - Investoren nicht abschrecken. Das Geld floss, der Kurs stieg."

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/...kt-mit-den-schultern-1.4072482
 

aus der Süddeutschen Zeitung nicht gelöscht wird. Als ich vor einiger teilweise wortgleich eine ähnliche Meinung äusserte, wurde meine Meinung als Unterstellung gelöscht. Auch ein Widerspruch wurde mit der lapidaren Begründung weggefegt, dass meine reklamierte Meinungsfreiheit an der Löschung nichts ändere.  

Noch ein Satz aus dem Text in 2286, der m.E. zeigt, dass Viber nachhaltiger agiert, was auf Dauer auch Früchte tragen wird:

"Aber die Verteidigung der Nutzer gegen digitale Attacken, Desinformation und Datenklau kostet viel Geld. Das drückt auf den Gewinn - und verschreckt Anleger. Offenbar ist ein Facebook, das ein paar ethische Minimalstandards einhält, nicht in ihrem Interesse."  

Of course, when dealing with personalised advertising the questions surrounding personal data always surface. In Viber’s case, it has no need to worry about data issues – because messages are end-to-end encrypted, and no data is stored or sold to third parties.

https://mobilemarketingmagazine.com/...ties-ads-data-privacy-chatbots
 

dass Ihnen die trockene Pizza heute fast im Hals steckgeblieben ist,  werden Ihnen bei Viber nicht unzählige Pizza-Dienste im Internet auf den Hals gehetzt, wenn das Wort "Pizza" auftaucht, wie das bei Mark Zuckerbergs Offerten so üblich ist.


Und letzteres ist keine Unterstellung, sondern eine Beobachtung so wie dass Käse normalerweise stinkt.  

https://thepointsguy.com/news/lyft-has-doubled-its-value-in-a-year/  

in ihrer Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung und der Bilanz ansetzen is Tein spannende Frage.

Dass aber 20% von 15 Milliarden, wenn es denn mit den 20% so stimmt, 3 Milliarden ergeben, ist ein Fakt.


 

von Uber und Mark Zuckerberg und zeigt, warum sich Rakuten mit seiner Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie bei Lyft so massiv engagiert hat:

How Lyft’s bike-share investment might change how we get around cities

Buying the nation’s largest bike-share operator a big bet on becoming the “Amazon of transportation”
By Patrick Sisson Jul 3, 2018, 1:00pm EDT

“The idea was to have an important impact on our world, and how our cities were designed,” John Zimmer, co-founder and president of Lyft, told NPR during an interview examining the beginnings of the company. Initially a carpool service focused on the university market that went by the name of Zimride, Lyft emerged, like many such companies, in a cloud of optimism. Zimmer also spoke of a college class at Cornell about business and environmental impact that made an oversized impression.
It’s important to keep this in mind when evaluating Lyft’s big move into the bike-sharing market. Yesterday, the ridehailing giant purchased Motivate, which operates the nation’s largest bike-sharing fleets, including Citi Bike in New York City and Divvy in Chicago, for a rumored $250 million.
While Lyft positions itself as the friendlier, more community-minded ride-hailing company—easy to do with Uber’s recent string of mistakes—the reality, especially for the drivers, is that both companies are fairly similar. But this week’s decision to branch out to bike share in a big way offers Lyft the opportunity to become a different type of transportation company, maybe even one that could start to realize Zimmer’s early ambitions.

https://www.curbed.com/2018/7/3/17531182/...ation-citi-bike-bikeshare


 

Cabify shoots its business in Spain and multiplies its income by four, up to 72.9 million
Cabify gains ground in Spain.

The Spanish group concluded the year 2017 with a turnover of 72.96 million euros in its local market , that is, four times more than the turnover recorded in the previous year, as recorded in the last accounts deposited in the Commercial Register . The group attributes the progress of its business to the " penetration of the market share in all the cities where the company operates (Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Seville and Valencia.) Also, the company highlights that" the average workforce of the year it was 284 employees, 161% higher than the previous year ". At the close of the fiscal year, Cabify's workforce consisted of 183 workers and 112 workers, all of whom were permanent, accounting for a total of 295 employees. Personnel expenses amounted to 11.59 million euros, compared to 4.02 million euros the previous year. In the same period, the company recorded losses amounting to 3.67 million euros , a slight increase of 3% compared to the result of the previous year, when it lost 3.56 million euros. The gross operating profit (EBITDA) of Maxi Mobility Spain, one of the companies with which Cabify operates in Spain, was negative, of 5.14 million euros.

https://www.kippel01.com/empresa/...nes-de-facturacion-en-espana.html
 

Ein weiterer sehr wichtiger Faktor sind Mobile Messaging Apps. Wie du auf der Grafik siehst, hatten die 4 größten Messaging Apps (Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat und Viber) im 1. Quartal von 2015 zum ersten Mal mehr aktive monatliche Nutzer als die 4 größten Social Networking Apps (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram und Google+).

https://onlim.com/die-chatbot-revolution/
 

 

Can you give us an overview of Rakuten’s current position in Europe?

Europe has always been a core market for Rakuten. We’ve been active in the region for nearly a decade. More than 15 Rakuten companies are based here, including PriceMinister-Rakuten, Rakuten.de, Rakuten TV, Rakuten Viber, Rakuten Marketing, Rakuten Aquafadas and Rakuten Fits Me – and some of our biggest investments, including Glovo, Cabify and Currency Cloud, have been made in Europe.
We have a long history – but it’s only since we started to unify our brands around the Rakuten name, and launched our partnership with FC Barcelona last year, that people really started to recognize the extent of our presence and our commitment to the region.

https://rakuten.today/blog/rakuten-europe-perfect-fit.html
 

Rakuten, who has built a vast network of services around e-commerce, video streaming, and financial services, will leverage Rakuten Coin via its messaging app in order to lead its users to help spend money across its various services.

The messaging app, which has a monthly active audience of 45 million users in Russia, plans to launch an e-commerce platform in the country in Q4 2018. Agaoua told reporters that Rakuten Coin will be available in Viber and can be traded in exchange for the U.S. dollar, Euro, and the Russian Ruble, according to Russian News Agency Tass.

https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/07/04/...tocurrency-in-russia-next-year/
 

Es verdichten sich die Informationen zum Rakuten Coin, der sich auch in Viber integrieren lassen soll. Bereits 2019 soll der Viber Token zumindest in Russland online sein.
https://news.bitcoin.com/...p-considering-support-for-a-native-token/

Ich halte das Ganze für sehr interessant. Dass Rakuten das Live Time Value der Kunden enorm wichtig ist, ist klar. Mit dem Token scheint man durch alle eigenen Systeme eine gemeinsame Währung schaffen zu wollen. Das könnte in der Zukunft tatsächlich einen Wettbewerbsvorteil gegenüber Mitbewerben sein. Bin auf jeden Fall gespannt.

 

dieser Satz aus 2298:

"The messaging app, which has a monthly active audience of 45 million users in Russia, plans to launch an e-commerce platform in the country in Q4 2018."


Dass Viber in der Nähe von 50 Millionen Usern ist, konnte man aufgrund von früheren Informationen in etwa abschätzen. Völlig neu ist aber die Botschaft über eine neue E-Commerce-Plattform in Q4/2018. Ich gehe allerdings davon aus, dass das keine Vollsortimenter-App sein wird, sondern eher wie die japanische Rakuten-App Rakuma oder Carousell in Südostasien agieren  könnte.


Nach einer solchen Vorgehensweise in Ost- und Südosteuropa hatte ich wegen der dort starken Stellung von Viber schon Überlegungen angestellt - und außerdem noch gefragt, warum man nicht Rakuten TV und eine Rabatt-Plattform wie Ebates auch in diesen Ländern anbietet.