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词条 Mercari
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  1. History

  2. Products & Services

  3. Awards

  4. References

Mercari, Inc. ({{tyo|4385}}) is an e-commerce company founded in February 2013 and currently operating in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.[1]. Their main product, the “Mercari” marketplace app, was first launched in Japan in July 2013, and has since grown to become the country's largest community-powered marketplace with over JPY 10 billion in transactions carried out on the platform each month[2][3]. Among those Japanese users utilizing one of the country's many community marketplace apps, 94% were found to be using Mercari[4]. Features such as “Mercari Channel” (live streaming e-commerce) and the “Mercari NOW” service, which allows users to instantly receive cash for their items, have contributed to the app's widespread success[5][6]. Mercari expanded to the United States in 2014 and the United Kingdom in 2016[2][7]. The “Mercari” app has been downloaded over 100 million times worldwide (as of 16 December 2017) and the company is the first in Japan to reach “unicorn” status [8][3].

History

Kouzoh, Inc. (currently Mercari, Inc.) was founded by Shintaro Yamada, a Japanese serial entrepreneur–in February 2013, and the Mercari app was launched for iOS and Android devices in July of that same year[9][10]. Within a year of its release, Mercari had accumulated over one million individual listings on its platform[11].

Mercari has been through five rounds of funding with investments coming from such institutions as UNITED, Inc. , Development Bank of Japan Inc., World Innovation Lab (WiL), Global Brain Corporation, MITSUI & CO., LTD., and GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS & Co.[12] The USD 75 million raised in Mercari's Series D round was set aside by the company for the purpose of further expansion in the US and UK, according to Chief Financial Officer Kei Nagasawa in a March 2016 interview[2].

In 2014, the company opened an office in San Francisco in preparation for the launch of its app in the United States, which took place in September of that same year[13][14]. In the three years since its initial launch in the US, the Mercari app has been downloaded over 30 million times and has risen as high as number 3 on the US App Store rankings[15]. There are currently around 100 employees located between Mercari's Palo Alto and Portland offices[16].

It was announced In June 2017 that John Lagerling had joined Mercari from Facebook's management team and would be assuming the title of Chief Business Officer[17]. He has also since been named the US CEO of Mercari, Inc.[18]

In January 2016, Mercari opened their first European office in London[7]. In December 2018, Mercari announced it will dissolve the European branch as "temporal retreat"[19].

Products & Services

Mercari's main product is the Mercari marketplace app, which allows users to buy and sell items quickly from their smartphones. In Japan, the app is known for its ease of use and unique shipping system, which allows users to ship items anonymously from local convenience stores through agreements with Yamato Transport and Japan Post. In the United States, Mercari collaborates with USPS and FedEx to let users print shipping labels, etc.[2].

Mercari shares its Tokyo offices with its wholly owned subsidiary Souzoh, Inc., which operates several other C2C applications in Japan.[20]

Awards

  • Awarded “Best Shopping App” by Google Play in 2013[21]
  • Awarded “Best App” by Google Play in 2014 and 2015[22][23]
  • Awarded “Best Local App” by Google Play in 2016[24]
  • Awarded “Forbes Japan’s Startup of the Year” in 2014, 2015, and 2016 (inducted into the “Hall of Fame” in 2017)[25][26][27]
  • Awarded “Special Jury Award (Global Expansion)” by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) at the Second Nippon Venture Awards (part of the Prime Minister's Awards) in 2016[28]
  • Awarded the “Emerging Leader Award” at the 2016 Japan-US Innovation Awards Symposium[29][30]
  • Awarded “Best Commercial” for “The Bride” at the LA Film Awards 2017[31]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/japans-mercari-is-an-amazon-copycat-targeting-the-us.html|title=Amazon's newest rival is a Japanese start-up you need to know about|first=Julian Littler, special to|last=CNBC.com|date=4 November 2016|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/01/mercari-unicorn/|title=Marketplace app Mercari nabs $75M to become Japan’s first startup unicorn – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/mercari-passes-1-billion-valuation-32-million-app-downloads-2016-3|title=Shopping app Mercari becomes first Japanese unicorn|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://netshop.impress.co.jp/node/4339|title=最も利用されているフリマアプリは？ 「メルカリ」が利用率94%で他を圧倒 - ネットショップ担当者フォーラム|first=渡部|last=和章|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://jp.techcrunch.com/2017/07/06/mercari-channel-live-shopping/|title=メルカリがライブコマースに参入――まずは芸能人やタレントが登場、順次対象ユーザーを拡大予定 - TechCrunch Japan|first=Nozomi|last=Okuma|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://jp.techcrunch.com/2017/11/27/mercari-now/|title=メルカリが「メルカリNOW」を発表、CASHが先行する即時買い取り市場に参入 - TechCrunch Japan|first=Takuya|last=Kimura|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
7. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://techwave.jp/archives/post-25823.html|title=メルカリ、イギリスでサービス提供開始 - TechWave（テックウェーブ） #WAVE|date=16 March 2017|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO24849380Q7A221C1X35000/|title=メルカリ、累計ダウンロード数１億超え|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/currents/d00350/|title=Buying and Selling by Smartphone: Mercari App Shakes Up Japan’s Consumer Spending|date=9 November 2017|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/09/12/665734/10098423/en/Japan-s-Mobile-Marketplace-Giant-Mercari-Launches-in-the-US.html|title=Japan's Mobile Marketplace Giant Mercari Launches in the US|first=|last=Mercari|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.techinasia.com/leaving-zynga-founder-ditched-gaming-business-online-shopping|title=Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem|website=www.techinasia.com|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://crunchbase.com/organization/mercari|title=Mercari - Crunchbase|website=Crunchbase|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonbusiness.com/article/item/17352-news-release-japan-s-mercari-expands-into-portland|title=Oregon Business - News release: Japan's Mercari expands into Portland|first=OBM|last=Team|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/09/prweb12162099.htm|title=Japan's Mobile Marketplace Giant Mercari Launches in the US|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://thebridge.jp/2016/07/mercari-got-3rd-ranking-at-us-app-store|title=メルカリが米国iOSランキングで3位に、その躍進の理由は - THE BRIDGE（ザ・ブリッジ）|date=29 July 2016|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/mercari-hires-john-lagerling-from-facebooks-management-team-to-guide-its-u-s-strategy/|title=Mercari hires John Lagerling from Facebook’s management team to guide its U.S. strategy – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
17. ^ttps://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/mercari-hires-john-lagerling-from-facebooks-management-team-to-guide-its-u-s-strategy/
18. ^http://www.neymaroficial.com/en/posts/mercari-celebrates-100-million-downloads-and-announces-neymar-jr-as-the-brands-ambassador
19. ^{{cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Mercari-calls-it-quits-in-Europe-as-losses-mount|title=Mercari calls it quits in Europe as losses mount|website=asia.nikkei.com|accessdate=28 December 2018}}
20. ^https://www.souzoh.com/jp/about/
21. ^{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3000076_best_apps_2013?hl=en_US|title=Android Apps on Google Play|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
22. ^{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3000f13_best_of_2014?hl=en|title=Best Apps of 2014 - Android Apps on Google Play|website=play.google.com|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3001cd4_apps_bestof2015?hl=en|title=Best Apps of 2015 - Android Apps on Google Play|website=play.google.com|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
24. ^https://play.google.com/store/info/topic?id=merch_topic_b0000b2_apps_TopicPage_bestof2016&hl=en
25. ^{{cite web|url=https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/14365/1/1/1|title=メルカリついに殿堂入り！「日本の起業家ランキング」3年連続トップの秘密|date=26 November 2016|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=https://forbesjapan.com/feat/startup/|title=日本の起業家ランキング｜Forbes JAPAN（フォーブス ジャパン）|website=Forbes JAPAN（フォーブス ジャパン）|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1611/21/news133.html|title=日本の起業家ランキング、メルカリ山田社長が3年連続1位に輝き殿堂入り|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2016/0226_01.html|title=Announcement of the Winners of the Second Nippon Venture Awards（METI）|website=www.meti.go.jp|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.usajapan.org/event/2016-japan-us-innovation-awards-symposiummmmm/|title=2016 Japan-US Innovation Awards Symposium - Japan Society of Northern California|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.techinasia.com/stanford-japan-most-innovative-startups|title=Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem|website=www.techinasia.com|accessdate=29 June 2018}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.lafilmawards.net/october-2017|title=Los Angeles Film Awards - A Home for Filmmakers|website=Los Angeles Film Awards - A Home for Filmmakers|accessdate=29 June 2018}}

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