Rakuten in the company in August 2007 and, in 2010, it announced a joint venture with Baidu in China (Lekutian). In June 2011, Rakuten acquired Brazilian e-commerce firm Ikeda — since renamed Rakuten Brazil. In July, it bought German e-commerce start-up Tradoria and rebranded it Rakuten Deutschland, and in September UK online retailer and e-commerce marketplace Play.com for £25 million (almost $41 million), which was converted into the points-based loyalty program Rakuten.co.uk. In September 2011, Rakuten took a minority equity stake in Russian online retailer Ozon.ru, dubbed "Russia's Amazon", which had reported 2010 sales worth US$137 million. A four-company-strong consortium, led
GB Group (UK) In 2011 GBG acquired the Edinburgh-based company Data Discoveries, providers of online database cleansing software. This was followed by the acquisition of address management company Capscan, one of the founding members of the Scandex Group of companies. In 2011 GBG acquired Glasgow based Advanced Checking Services Limited. The company, which had more than 400 clients at the time including Stagecoach and FedEx, specialised in the electronic checking of driving licences. In 2012 the Group acquired two further companies in the driving licence and criminal record checking areas. These were Nottingham-based TMG CRB and CRD UK, a people vetting solutions firm.