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Women’s Wear Daily published an article about a recent blogger conference held by Reward Style, a partner of Rakuten LinkShare. Reward Style, a publisher who created a platform for monetizing fashion and beauty blogs, brought together brands and bloggers to discuss monetization of blogs. Reward Style has a global network of publishers with transactions happening in 130 countries.  The company combines Rakuten LinkShare technology with its own unique solutions to help bloggers easily monetize their sites.   The article mentions research that was commissioned by Rakuten LinkShare and conducted by Forrester Consulting regarding a projected compound annual growth rate of 16.6% for affiliate marketing spend from 2011 through

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Internet Retailer is just two weeks away! If you are attending, make sure to stop by the booth to learn about the new and exciting happenings at Rakuten and to discuss your Affiliate Marketing program. Rakuten LinkShare will be at booth #215 with fellow Rakuten companies, Rakuten MediaForge, Rakuten.com Shopping, Rakuten Loyalty, Rakuten Brazil and Rakuten Ichiba. The theme of the 2013 conference is Breaking Barriers Toward a New Retail Economy. We are excited to announce Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten, will deliver the Keynote Address on Tuesday, June 5th! Make sure to listen in if you are attending. See

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