Results of the "8th Data Business Creation Contest" Announced

September 25, 2018

1. Event Outline

■ Theme (Objective)

"The Future of Bookstores"

■ Final Presentations, Judging, and Awards Ceremony

Date and Time: Saturday, September 15, 2018, 1:30 PM–6:30 PM

Location: North Hall, Mita Campus, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo

2. Final Results

■ Grand Prize:

Team "MUST" (Musashino University)

Theme: "The Age of Books Returns: The Fusion of Real and Digital"

■ Excellence Award:

Team "wadao.inc" (Keio University, Soka University, Seikei University)

Theme:

"Reading Gym: Providing an Extraordinary Reading Experience by Redefining Reading"

■ Special Jury Prize:

Team "Hibiki" (Honan High School)

Theme: "How to Create 'Attraction' in Bookstores"

■ Future Creation Award:

Team "Fukafuka Ahah" (Graduate School of Keio University)

Theme: "DIG8: A Bookstore for Thinking of Someone Special"

■ Customer Value Creation Award:

Team "Shu-ni de Honya" (Keio University)

Theme: "The Books and People Project Spun by Booksellers"

■ High School Division Award:

Team "FLYING KARAAGEKUN" (Nagano Prefectural Yashiro High School)

Theme:

"Not only young men,the old, read the book!!(in Nagano)"

For more details, please see the press release (file: "8th Data Business Creation Contest" Results Announced - "MUST" from Musashino University Wins Grand Prize -.pdf ).

For details on the results, please visit the 8th Data Business Creation Contest official website .

*Company and product names mentioned in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective rights holders.

[Inquiries about this contest]

Keio Research Institute at SFC, Data Business Creation Lab Office, Keio University

E-mail: dig-info@sfc.keio.ac.jp

CCC Marketing Co., Ltd., Public Relations Department

TEL: 03-6800-4464

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