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Sydkoreansk techjätte köper e-handelsbolaget Poshmark

Den sydkoreanska internetjätten Naver kommer att köpa den amerikanska e-handelstjänsten Poshmark för motsvarande 13 miljarder kronor. Det har de båda bolagen gemensamt meddelat.

Naver tillhandahåller idag bland annat en sökmotor och en e-handelsplattform i Sydkorea, medan Poshmark är en populär marknadsplats på nätet där användarna kan köpa bland annat kläder och elektronik av varandra.

Naver och Poshmark skriver i ett gemensamt uttalande att affären kommer att ge stora ”intäkts- och kostnadssynergier”.

 
Naver
Wikipedia (en)
Naver (Hangul: 네이버) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. It debuted in 1999 as the first web portal in South Korea to develop and use its own search engine. It was also the world's first operator to introduce the comprehensive search feature, which compiles search results from various categories and presents them in a single page. Naver has since added a multitude of new services ranging from basic features such as e-mail and news to the world's first online Q&A platform Knowledge iN. As of September 2017, the search engine handled 74.7% of all web searches in South Korea and had 42 million enrolled users. More than 25 million Koreans have Naver as the start page on their default browser and the mobile application has 28 million daily visitors. Naver has also been referred to as 'the Google of South Korea'.Owing to its rising popularity in Japan, Naver is now competing with Kakao to claim №1 position in Japanese market of web novel and web comic.
 
Poshmark
Wikipedia (en)
Poshmark is a social commerce marketplace where users can buy and sell new and secondhand fashion, home goods, and electronics. The platform has over 80 million users, with over 200M available listings. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices in Vancouver, Canada, Melbourne, Australia, and Chennai, India.
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