Alibaba.com's robust platform and Standage's trade agency functions: what are the synergies and possibilities?

STANDAGE Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Adachi Akinori; hereinafter referred to as Standage), which provides end-to-end support for companies expanding overseas, and Alibaba Japan K.K. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Okada Satoshi; hereinafter referred to as Alibaba), which supports Japanese companies' expansion overseas through the global trade B2B online marketplace Alibaba.com, will hold a free seminar on February 1st to explain the trade construction service that was created by combining the strengths of both companies, aimed at companies aiming to enter the export business.

For details and applications for the seminar, please contactHere*

Due to the record depreciation of the yen at the end of last year and the persistent decline in domestic demand, an increasing number of companies are considering entering the export business in order to expand their sales channels overseas.
However, the most common question we receive from companies with no export experience and limited resources is, "I don't know where to start."

To solve these issues, Alibaba, which has the know-how to utilize a strong B2B trade platform, and Standage, which offers the all-inclusive trade package plan "DigiTrad," have formed a consortium to create a new service that can handle and support all processes in trade.
Because this service follows the functions of "Digitrad," it is eligible for IT introduction subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and has been designed to be easy for business operators with financial concerns to adopt.

In this seminar, we will explain the structure of trade and the hurdles to entry, while introducing the potential and overview of Alibaba.com, as well as Standage's all-inclusive trade services.

■Recommended for these people
・Business managers and staff who are not yet involved in the trade sector
・Business owners and managers who want to start trading but don't know what to do
・Business owners and managers who want to start trading but don't have the personnel they can rely on for foreign language skills or trading know-how
・Business owners and managers who have attempted trade with outside support in the past but failed
・Business owners and managers who are already engaged in trade but are facing challenges with some aspects of the process

■What you will learn in this seminar
- Trade structure
・Trade hurdles for small and medium-sized enterprises
・To acquire and expand overseas sales
・How to expand sales channels at low cost using subsidies
・ Case studies of small and medium-sized enterprises, etc.

■Event Overview
title: Utilizing IT subsidies! A thorough explanation of Alibaba x STANDAGE's trade construction services
schedule: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 14:00-15:00
How the event will be held:online
*We will inform you of how to participate at a later date.
Participation Fee:free
Organizer：Alibaba Inc., STANDAGE Inc.
How to apply:HerePlease apply using the form at the bottom of the page.

■Speaker Profile
Yuzo Tsutsumi (Chief Marketing Officer, STANDAGE Inc.)
After graduating from university, he worked in sales at SMS Co., Ltd., and then participated as a founding member of a medical recruitment agency. In three years, he led the opening of four offices, built an organization with an annual growth rate of 180%, and served as the head of human resources. After that, he worked in marketing and sales at Covidien Japan Co., Ltd.
He joined ASHITA TEAM in September 2014 and led the company as director in charge of business strategy, marketing, and sales. He will assume his current position in spring 2022.

Ken Emura (Manager of Global B2B Business Division, Alibaba Japan)
After gaining experience supporting small and medium-sized enterprises at a domestic consulting firm, he joined Alibaba Japan.
In 2009, the company launched a service for Japanese members of the online overseas exhibition "Alibaba.com," and has supported the digitalization of overseas marketing and overseas sales channel development for over 3,500 Japanese companies.
He is also in charge of managing export support projects with local governments aimed at revitalizing regional areas, as well as alliance business with 43 financial institutions and sales partners nationwide.