December 10th, 2010

Priceminister CEO Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet at Le Web (TCTV)

Priceminister is France’s most visited e-commerce site, accessed by over 12 million users per month and was bought by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten in June for about €200 million. Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, CEO, spoke to TechCrunch TV about his plans for the next year and the general trends in e-commerce we should expect to look out for. → Read More

June 17th, 2010

Rakuten to acquire France's PriceMinister for approximately €200 million

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten this morning announced that it is buying France’s e-commerce website operator PriceMinister for about €200 million, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The news comes less than a month after word got out that Rakuten moved to acquire US-based Buy.com for approx. the same price ($250M). → Read More

June 17th, 2010

Rakuten Buys PriceMinister, Enters The European E-Commerce Market With A $250M Bang

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten this morning announced that it is buying France’s e-commerce website operator PriceMinister for about €200 million (roughly $250 million), reports the Wall Street Journal.

The news comes less than a month after word got out that Rakuten moved to acquire US-based Buy.com for about the same price. → Read More