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French shoppers embrace optimism and smart spending in 2024
With the festive season just around the corner, French shoppers are gearing up for Christmas with a renewed sense of optimism and a keen eye for strategic spending. The latest 2024 Christmas Barometer, conducted by IPSOS for Rakuten of 2,500 French people, reveals some significant shifts in consumer behavior compared to last year. French shoppers are not only more positive about their purchasing p…
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Rakuten goes carbon neutral in 2023
Rakuten is thrilled to announce that in 2023 the company achieved carbon neutrality for its business operations – including all consolidated subsidiaries*. The milestone reflects the company’s commitment to environmental responsibility, as the world grapples with the escalating challenges posed by climate change and rising global temperatures. Celebrating the milestone, Koyuru Ohashi, Vice G…
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Sustainability speaks: Unveiling consumer mindsets across APAC
As economies worldwide race to meet their environmental goals, understanding consumer perspectives on sustainability is becoming increasingly vital. For the second consecutive year, Rakuten Insight Global conducted an online survey with over 109,000 consumers from its own proprietary panel across APAC, providing valuable insights into consumers’ evolving attitudes towards sustainable consump…
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Break taboos, not the bank: French shoppers go second-hand for Christmas 2023
The magic of Christmas is approaching rapidly and this year French shoppers are on the lookout for deals that protect their wallets – as well as the planet. That’s according to the latest survey conducted by IPSOS for Rakuten, revealing unprecedented data on French consumers’ Christmas shopping plans and changing attitudes towards buying and reselling Christmas gifts*¹. We spoke with Flora Louvet,…
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Can Japan translate SDG ardor into SDG action?
Since the UN launched its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the initiative’s colorful graphics have become a common sight around Japan, adorning everything from lapel pins to online product pages. According to a survey by Rakuten’s consumer research arm Rakuten Insight, conducted from earlier this year until July, Japan’s enthusiasm for SDGs has escalated to n…
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Is inclusivity a zero-sum game? Experts discuss at Rakuten Optimism 2023
When was the last time you made a compromise? It may sound like a tricky job interview question aimed at probing your soft skills, but compromise – or the lack of it – may be at the heart of one of society’s most pressing problems: making the essential products and services we all use more inclusive for everyone. This was the focus of the Rakuten Optimism 2023 session, Eliminating Barriers by Unle…
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Diversity and inclusion is in Rakuten’s DNA
With 32,000 employees located across some 30 countries and regions serving 1.7 billion members worldwide, Rakuten’s employees are, like its business portfolio, remarkably diverse. As such, the topic of diversity and inclusion has long been of crucial importance and an enterprise-wide area of focus. Vivian Yun, Senior Diversity and Inclusion Program Manager at Rakuten International. Efforts a…
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From banners to seat cushions: How the Rakuten Eagles and Vissel Kobe are leveraging creativity to promote upcycling in sports
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Vissel Kobe, two prominent Japanese sports teams, have taken on an innovative upcycling project highlighting new and interesting ways to promote creative sustainability in sports. Instead of disposing of their stadiums’ exterior banners from the previous season, the teams collaborated with Rakuten’s Creative Design and Sports Partnership Activation…
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Rakuten empowers for International Pride Month 2023
Rakuten has proudly built a history of showing up for the LGBTQ+ community every Pride month for the past few years, and this year was no different. Diversity and inclusion has always been at the heart of the Rakuten Group ethics, with the company empowering Diversity & Inclusion champions to foster a culture of belonging within the company and to continue to build an inclusive brand that empo…
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