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Walmart Launches eBook Service To Take On Amazon

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Walmart announced Wednesday (August 22) the launch of its new eBook service dubbed Walmart eBooks by Rakuten Kobo, which provides customers with access to an all-new digital catalog of books in the stores and online. In a blog post , Mario Pacini, general manager of entertainment at Walmart eCommerce U.S.,

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Walmart Teams Up With Rakuten To Offer 6 Million eBooks, Grocery Delivery

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The collaboration between Walmart and Rakuten will focus on online grocery delivery in addition to eBooks, industry news source Chain Store Age reported. Taking the place of Walmart’s current online grocery offering in Japan, the service will launch in the second half of 2018. percent who use Amazon.

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How Scribd Turns The Page On eBook Subscription Fatigue

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Online retail giant Amazon is reportedly developing a cloud-based video game streaming service, which will allow users to access video games from their smartphones instead of through a gaming console or computer. In an effort to do away with this type of friction, eBook platform Scribd is allowing subscribers unlimited access to its catalog.

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eBook: What’s Next In Payments & Commerce

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As digital payments gained ground, banks and FinTechs collaborated and online lenders rode the rocky shoals of investor sentiment … it may have seemed like there would be little left for 2017 than for the industry to catch its collective breath. But what looms ahead in a year that has barely dawned?

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Online Banking Without Third-Party Cookies

Consumers have tolerated them as a necessary cost of doing business online, even as they’ve grown to loathe them. This eBook offers strategies for connecting with your customers in a changing digital landscape.

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Walmart Teams With Eko To Develop Content

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In August, Walmart announced another partnership with the launch of its eBook service, Walmart eBooks by Rakuten Kobo, which provides customers with access to an all-new digital catalog of books in-store and online. Additionally, Walmart is selling the eReaders online. With a $9.99

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Walmart Opens eCommerce Store With Rakuten In Japan

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Through the opening of the Walmart Rakuten Ichiba Store, we hope to make Rakuten Ichiba an even more attractive destination for online shoppers in Japan.”. In October Rakuten and Walmart’s Seiyu unit opened the Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper, which is an online grocery delivery service. and Japan are serviced.

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