Rakuten Acquisition of Curbside Shakes Up Retail

Published: June 19, 2018, 5:35 p.m.

Reports of the demise of brick-and-mortar retail may be a bit premature if Japanese retail giant Rakuten has anything to say about it.\n\nRakuten, a rival to Amazon\u2019s e-commerce domination, has just acquired Curbside in an \u201call cash\u201d deal. The mobile...