Yahoo Japan copies Alibaba playbook to take on rivals Amazon, Rakuten

Yahoo Japan copies Alibaba playbook to take on rivals Amazon, Rakuten

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Perpetual e-commerce laggard Yahoo Japan wants to overtake giants Amazon.com and Rakuten to become Japan’s leading online retailer, and it is copying the playbook of China’s Alibaba Group to do it.

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