Fanatics brings sports merchandise to Japanese shoppers on Rakuten Ichiba online marketplace
Fanatics, a digital sports platform and specialist in licensed sports merchandise, has launched its first online marketplace in Japan by opening a store on Rakuten Ichiba, operated by Rakuten Group.
Japanese sports fans will have access to Fanatics’ range of licensed sports merchandise here.
The store currently offers more than 10,000 officially licensed products from across the company’s partner roster of the top leagues and sporting organisations in the world, such as MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, and major European club and international football teams.
Breaking down e-commerce barriers: BigCommerce adds local shopping features to multi-storefront solution
BigCommerce, an open SaaS e-commerce platform for B2C and B2B brands, is adding new functionality to its multi-storefront (MSF) solution, expanding the ability of merchants to reach and sell to consumers regardless of where they live, what language they speak or what currency they use.
“Language, currency and cultural differences should not be barriers to commerce, and now they don’t have to be,” says Troy Cox, Senior Vice President of Product at BigCommerce.
“These new enhancements extend our MSF functionality so that merchants have even more flexibility to grow their brands and global footprints through one powerful BigCommerce dashboard.”
Vivobarefoot introduces VivoBiome digital platform to ‘redefine the way we create and experience footwear’
Footwear and lifestyle brand Vivobarefoot has launched VivoBiome, a digital experiential platform for personalised, locally assembled, circular footwear.
And the firm is looking for 200 Brits to try the first generation of products before a wider global launch.
