Yahoo to acquire ZOZO, aiming to become the top domestic mail order on September 13th 4:03

Yahoo, which has decided to acquire ZOZO, which operates one of the largest fashion mail order sites in Japan, is aiming to be the top in the online mail order market, and competition with competitors such as Amazon and Rakuten will overheat. On the other hand, former president Yusaku Maezawa who resigned from ZOZO's management is also showing a willingness to start another business, and the trend is likely to attract attention.

Yahoo announced on the 12th that it intends to acquire and acquire over 50% of ZOZO shares, and will make a TOB = TOB purchase of ZOZO shares by investing approximately 400 billion yen.

Yahoo's President Kentaro Kawamata said at the press conference that he would like to create the future of the Internet together with ZOZO, and emphasized the idea of ​​aiming to be the top in the online market.

However, the handling amount of online shopping seems to lag behind rival Rakuten and Amazon, and since the performance of ZOZO has decreased for the first time since it was listed last year, there are also problems such as the future of both companies The question will be whether we can make use of our strengths to increase usage.

On the other hand, Mr. Maezawa, the founder who retired from the president of ZOZO, at a press conference, “It ’s inevitably space.” I wanted to go to, ”and listed one of the reasons for retiring to make time for preparation.

He also expressed his willingness to start another business, saying, “I want to create another business from scratch and take on the challenge.”

Mr. Maezawa's future trends are likely to attract attention because he has been talking about topics in an unconventional style, such as proactive remarks at SNS.