Re:Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
by edgefield0 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:37AM
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Why would you give up buy.com for "rakuten"?! What is rakuten anyway? Is this an established online retailer? First time I'm hearing of this company.
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Rakuten is very big in Japan, pretty established. Like Amazon/eBay, but a bit different. They've also got global but quite cautious ambitions.
Interesting trivia from a friend working there, and quite unusual for a Japanese company: most (Project Management, Development, Management) internal communication above a certain job-grade level is conducted in English, including in Japan.
Re:Walmart says it will discontinue Jet
by twostorytower on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:58PM
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This is true and really neat. I was in Japan a couple years ago and met a product manager that worked at Rakuten and he told me the same thing.