Tag: FCDE

Alpha Direct Services (ADS) acquired by Rakuten to build European logistics

Nov 6, 2012

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g_fasol

in FDI, Japanese investments in EU, M&A

Rakuten builds European logistics infrastructure Rakuten’s 6th acquisition in Europe Rakuten is aggressively globalizing in the face of intense competition by Amazon.com, and more recently Alibaba. As part of global growth, Rakuten is acquiring a string of e-commerce, e-book, online media, and software and service companies in Europe. Now Rakuten has started to build fulfillment…