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Today, we have the key takeaways from Sophola’s comprehensive guide for companies interested in entering Japan’s lucrative $122 billion ecommerce market.

Since Japanese consumers are extremely loyal to their shopping platform of choice, Rakuten, Amazon and Yahoo! Shopping (the three most popular platforms) are a good place to start for foreign companies interested in entering the Japanese market.

Also, KBMax’s Kevin Jackson shares how CPQ tools allow sales teams to focus more on high-yield activities because their administrative tasks like configuration and quoting are automated.

Also ICYMI:

• Digital experience company Acquia announced the appointment of Chris Doggett as chief revenue officer.
• Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Media Storm, one of the largest independent data-driven audience planning and targeting agencies from founders Craig Woerz and Tim Williams, as well as private equity firm TZP Group.
• Databook, the AI-powered, enterprise customer intelligence platform, announced the company has secured a $5 million seed round led by Threshold Ventures. Josh Stein, Managing Partner at Threshold, will join Databook’s Board.
• Tapad, a digital identity resolution company, announced their partnership with Gimbal, an of location-powered marketing and advertising solutions. Gimbal now leverages Tapad’s global, privacy-safe digital cross-device solution, The Tapad Graph, to further enhance its footfall attribution solution, Arrival.