LinkShare Sells for $425M
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LinkShare is Selling for Approximately $425 Million
LinkShare is Selling for Approximately $425 Million
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Affiliate network LinkShare is selling to Japans largest ecom player Rakuten for aproximately $425M - the deal should be complete within the next two months according to Bloombergs
Affiliate network LinkShare is selling to Japans largest ecom player Rakuten for aproximately $425M - the deal should be complete within the next two months according to Bloombergs
Hiroshi Mikitani, who founded Rakuten in 1997, bought more than 30 companies to tap shoppers that use his sites to buy airplane and concert tickets as well as clothes and electronics products. LinkShare, which counts Dell Inc. and American Express Co. among its 500 clients, said 2 percent, or $1.4 billion, of the U.S. retail online market used its network last year
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Hey, that's great. Maybe
Hey, that's great. Maybe we'll get some semblance of competence from LinkShare now.