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Double 11 Shopping Carnival in China

A staff member is selling goods via webcast on the Internet at an e-commerce enterprise in Handan City, Hebei Province, China on November 4, 2025.

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Double 11 Shopping Carnival in China

A staff member is selling goods via webcast on the Internet at an e-commerce enterprise in Handan City, Hebei Province, China on November 4, 2025.

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Logo and store Free, Mobile and internet operator in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Logo and store Free, Mobile and internet operator in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Logo and store Free, Mobile and internet operator in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Orange internet and phone service provider logo and store in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Orange Pro internet and phone service provider logo and store in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Orange internet and phone service provider logo and store in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Orange internet and phone service provider logo and store in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Amazon Workers’ Strikes Continue, Demanding Better Pay And Benefits

Strikes by Amazon workers demanding better benefits, higher wages, and improved job security continued on Friday, December 20, at multiple facilities across the US.

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US: Amazon Workers Strike At Multiple Facilities, Demanding Fair Labor Contract

Workers at multiple Amazon facilities across the U.S. went on strike on Thursday, December 19, less than a week to go before Christmas, for better benefits, more money, and job security.

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US: Amazon Workers Strike At Multiple Facilities, Demanding Fair Labor Contract 2

Workers at multiple Amazon facilities across the U.S. went on strike on Thursday, December 19, less than a week to go before Christmas, for better benefits, more money, and job security.

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Dong Lu (L) and Zhang Quan sell books via livestreaming at a reading space in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 11, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Dong Lu (L) and Zhang Quan take photos of children's books at New Buds Publishing House in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 12, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Zhang Quan (L) shows the product information during a livestreaming at a reading space in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 11, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Dong Lu (L) and Zhang Quan sell books via livestreaming at a reading space in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 11, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Staff members pack books at a factory of New Buds Publishing House in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 12, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Dong Lu searches books for livestreaming at a warehouse of New Buds Publishing House in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 12, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Dong Lu (R) and Zhang Quan prepare for the livestreaming at New Buds Publishing House in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 13, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Zhang Quan (R) takes videos for Dong Lu to promote books at New Buds Publishing House in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 13, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

A staff member sorts books at a warehouse of New Buds Publishing House in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 12, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gen-Z Sell Books via Livestreaming - China

Dong Lu (R) and Zhang Quan analyze livestreaming performance at New Buds Publishing House in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 13, 2024. Dong Lu, a book livestreamer at New Buds Publishing House of Tianjin Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., and Zhang Quan, a livestreaming director, together bring high quality books to audiences via livestreaming. During this "Double 11" shopping festival, their nearly three-hour livestream attracted over 10,000 viewers, generating impressive sales. "The purpose of livestreaming is to guide parents in choosing the good books," Dong said. As a Gen-Z livestreamer, she believes that although the business mode has changed, the original intention of introducing inspiring books to customers remains. As of December 2023, the total number of professional livestreamers has reached 15.08 million in China. Tianjin, China. Photo by Sun Fanyue/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wanda Plaza

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 24, 2022 - The Wanda Plaza shopping Mall is seen in Shanghai, China, August 24, 2022. On May 25, 2023, the commercial real estate giant Wanda Group said in a statement on its official website that the Internet reported that 16 billion yuan of sales of 20 Wanda plazas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were false.

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Wanda Plaza

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 24, 2022 - The Wanda Plaza shopping Mall is seen in Shanghai, China, August 24, 2022. On May 25, 2023, the commercial real estate giant Wanda Group said in a statement on its official website that the Internet reported that 16 billion yuan of sales of 20 Wanda plazas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were false.

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Wanda Plaza

SHANGHAI, CHINA - AUGUST 24, 2022 - The Wanda Plaza shopping Mall is seen in Shanghai, China, August 24, 2022. On May 25, 2023, the commercial real estate giant Wanda Group said in a statement on its official website that the Internet reported that 16 billion yuan of sales of 20 Wanda plazas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were false.

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Mt. Fuji stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a set of stamps featuring an image of Mt. Fuji, to be put on sale at some post offices across Japan on July 4, 2013, and on Japan Post Co.'s Internet shopping site on July 5. Japan Post will launch the stamp set, consisting of 10 80-yen stamps each featuring an image of Mt. Fuji, to commemorate the inclusion of Japan's iconic mountain on the World Heritage List.

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Rakuten starts online shopping mall in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani (2nd from L) poses during a press conference in Jakarta on June 1, 2011. The leading Japanese online shopping mall operator said it has broken into the market in Indonesia, which has the largest population of Internet users in Southeast Asia.

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Yahoo Japan ties up with China's Taobao

HANGZHOU, China - Yahoo Japan Chairman Masayoshi Son (R) and Jack Ma, chief executive officer of Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce company, give the thumbs up at a press conference in Hangzhou, China, on May 10, 2010, at which they announced a business tie-up between Yahoo Japan and Alibaba's Internet shopping arm Taobao.

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Rakuten to strengthen telecom business: Mikitani

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani said in an interview with Kyodo News on Feb. 18 that Japan's top online shopping mall operator will strengthen its telecommunications business through an Internet protocol phone operator it acquired last year.

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Luxury paid public toilet at Akihabara draws crowds

TOKYO, Japan - A luxury paid public toilet built at the new Akihabara shopping district in Tokyo is doing good business, drawing more than 30,000 customers in just half a year. The toilet, which has 160 square meters of floor space and features changing rooms and a computer corner with access to the Internet , is said to be popular with both tourists and trendy youths. Officials of Chiyoda Ward, which built the toilet adjacent to the JR Akihabara Station, say the changing rooms inside the toilet are particularly popular with ''costume play'' teenage girls who use the facility to change into maid uniforms or other trendy costumes for play. The fee is 100 yen per person, and free of charge for people with physical disabilities and pre-high school students.

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Robot for guiding customers to shops debuts in Fukuoka mall

FUKUOKA, Japan - A robot that guides elderly and disabled customers to shops debuted on Feb. 9 at a shopping mall in Fukuoka Prefecture. The 1.7-meter-tall robot is connected to the Internet via wireless LAN and reads data from IC tags embedded in the floor to check its location.

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Online mall operator Rakuten hikes stake in TBS to 19.09%

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 26. He said his firm spent 111 billion yen to raise its stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. to 19.09 percent.

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(3)Rakuten selected over Livedoor as new team

TOKYO, Japan - Marty Kuehnert (L), general manager of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Hiroshi Mikitani (C), president of Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., and Yasushi Tao, manager of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2 after they were allowed by a meeting of baseball club owners to join Japanese professional baseball next season.

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(2)Rakuten selected over Livedoor as new team

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2 after his company was allowed by a meeting of baseball owners to join Japanese professional baseball next season. At right is Yasushi Tao, manager of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

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(1)Rakuten selected over Livedoor as new team

TOKYO, Japan - Takuo Takihana, owner of the Central League baseball club Yomiuri Giants who serves as chairman of a meeting of baseball team owners, announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2 that they chose Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. as owner of the new team allowed to join Japanese professional baseball next season.

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NPB meeting begins for new team selection

TOKYO, Japan - Owners of Japanese professional baseball clubs are seated for a crucial meeting at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 2 to select a new team to be allowed to join their clubs in the 2005 season. The meeting will choose either Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. or Internet service provider Livedoor Co.

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Rakuten president hopes to shake-up baseball industry

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 27. He said he hopes that creating a new team in Japanese baseball will breathe life into an industry desperately in need of a fresh blood transfusion.

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Rakuten to apply for Nippon Professional Baseball membership

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Rakuten Inc., an Internet shopping mall operator, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 16 about the company's plan to establish a new professional baseball team in Kobe.

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eBank not to charge settlement of payments in online shopping

TOKYO, Japan - Taiichi Matsuo (L), chief executive officer of eBank, a new Internet bank to be launched July 23, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 18. Matsuo said his bank will not charge for settling payments for online shopping, in order to win customers in the competition with rivals such as Japan Net Bank and Sony Bank.

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Sakura, Fujitsu to form 'Web bank' for online shopping

TOKYO, Japan - Akishige Okada (L), president of Sakura Bank, and Naoyuki Akikusa, president of Fujitsu Ltd., shake hands in Tokyo on July 26 after announcing that the two companies will establish a ''Web bank'' for Internet shoppers to make online payments.

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