Internet Sales to Lead Bricks and Mortar Business in Japan

May 14th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under

Japan’s Internet sales market grew rapidly in recent years with the drive of the new “online shopping” consumption mode. Online sales volume in 2008 grew 300% percent over year 2000.
The new online shopping mode is crazy popular among female employees and aged people in Japan. ” It makes shopping much easy by just making a phone call or ordering your favourite product online, you don’t have to go to the shopping mall yourself.”, a young man who would not like to disclose his name told the reporter.
Up to today, the number of registered user in Rakuten-Japan’s largest online shopping mall has reached 53 million. It is expected more famous brands will move to this online shopping street with the influence of the ongoing economic recession.

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