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Rakuten Kobo Inc.

Canadian subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten
Organization subsidiary_company Q389251

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
subsidiary company
Inception
December 2009[9]
Founder
Michael Serbinis[4]
Headquarters location
Toronto[6]
Country
Canada, Taiwan[2][3]
Official website
www.kobo.com[12]
Country of origin
Canada[8]
Date of incorporation
December 10, 2019[22]
Industry
retail[7]
Item operated
Kobo.com[5]
Legal form
business corporation[14]
Location of formation
Toronto[10]
Owner of
Kobo.com[15]
Parent organization or unit
Rakuten Group, Inc.[11]
Product or material produced
ebook[13]
Social media followers
16k (9.6k–16k, n=6)[16][17][18][19][20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kobo, Inc. en Kobo en Kobo Inc. en Rakuten Kobo, Inc. en Rakuten Kobo en Rakuten Kobo Inc. ar كوبو fa راکوتن کوبو ja コボ ko 코보 zh Rakuten Kobo Inc. zh 樂天Kobo電子書 zh-hant Rakuten Kobo Inc. zh-hant 樂天Kobo
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Facebook username
KoboTWN
Freebase ID
/m/0hgrdt8, /m/0ngk48c
Instagram username
kobobooks
OpenCorporates ID
ca_on/5026197
Topic's main category
Category:Kobo Inc.
USB vendor ID
2237
X (Twitter) username
kobo, KoboHelp
YouTube channel ID
UCK00y7P0ttcA4Z9RHlYcwfg
Zhihu topic ID
19570292

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🔗 Connections
Country 2
Canada, Taiwan
Country of origin 1
Canada
Headquarters location 1
Toronto
Industry 1
retail
Instance of 1
subsidiary company
Location of formation 1
Toronto
Parent organization or unit 1
Rakuten Group, Inc.
Product or material produced 1
ebook
← Child organization or unit 1
Rakuten Group, Inc.
← Manufacturer 1
Kobo eReader
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Summary

Rakuten Kobo Inc. is a subsidiary company[1].

Related Entities

Canada Rakuten Group, Inc. Taiwan Toronto

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . kobo.com. Retrieved . kobo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . corp.rakuten.co.jp. Retrieved . corp.rakuten.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . OpenCorporates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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