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Ecommerce at GrabOne: Future proofing

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September 18, 2015
Sarah Dunn

Ryan Watkins is the managing director of GrabOne, New Zealand’s third-largest ecommerce website. The daily deals site employs over 100 staff and has 1.6 million members. The Register asked him to predict the future.

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