Well, it was going to happen eventually – Kimono De Jack is starting in the UK October 23rd, 11am, Trafalgar Square. So how are we marketing this event? 1. Facebook 2. Twitter 3. Hyper Japan 4. Asking Kimono Sellers to send email to their customers 5. Contacting Japanese societies to relay the information to their [...]
Entries from September 2010
Kimono De Jack UK
September 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Rakuten/Japan
Shipping Weights on Rakuten (Kimono Examples)
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments
Most sellers on Rakuten don’t tell you the shipping weight and for international trade this is essential for the shipping calculator function on the site. I have been getting questions about this so I will post some weights of items I often buy on Rakuten for comparisons sake. However, I buy Kimono on Rakuten and [...]
Tags: E-Business · Rakuten/Japan
UK Based Sellers on Rakuten!
September 12th, 2010 · No Comments
With the launch of the new UK facing Rakuten site it comes to your attention that there ARE UK based sellers on the site. For example: ChelseaGardensUK who are based in London and bring UK style to Japan! Could this be a future outlet for UK retailers to reach Japan and the rest of Asia? [...]
Tags: Rakuten/Japan
Rakuten launches UK facing site!
September 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Today! Here! http://global.rakuten.com/uk/ and guess who gets to be on the homepage….. I am going to kimono hunt this weekend and share my thoughts on the new format If you have any issues finding the stuff you want or questions on using the site you can comment or email me and I will help you [...]
Tags: E-Business · Rakuten/Japan
Rakuten Parcel Arrives….
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments
I normally use SAL shipping which takes 7-14 days from Japan so I forgot how FAST EMS was. I ordered, what last Thursday? Got my confirmation email Friday? and then a crappy…’I had to get out of bed on my day off to answer the door to Parcelforce’ text from my husband on Monday morning. [...]
Tags: Rakuten/Japan
