Subscriptions

Subscriptions
Direct-to-Consumer: Prioritizing Personalization And User Experience
August 03, 2021

In A Decade of Digital Transformation in 12 Months, 46 C-suite executives spoke with PYMNTS for its Q2 eBook on what the world will look like as recovery rolls on and the next iteration of normal rolls out. In this excerpt, Sharath Dorbala, CEO of...

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Streaming Cos. ‘Go Big Or Go Home’ Shift Leaves Customers Confused, Providers Scrambling
August 02, 2021

There are now more than 200 streaming services vying for eyeballs, attention and consumer spend. It’s one of the reasons that Vindicia Chief Operating Officer Roy Barak said streaming services have suddenly made an appearance as a credit card benefit offered by issuers. In a...

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Tesla’s Latest Boost And Automotive Subscriptions’ Shifting Future
July 19, 2021

After years of building buzz, it looks like Tesla’s long awaited self-driving car package is ready to make an appearance on the market, as the electric car company is rolling out its latest subscription offering for owners. As of the Tesla app’s latest update, consumers have...

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Better Data Solves Subscription Commerce’s Growing False Declines Problem
June 23, 2021

While fraud and data hacks get a lot of attention, the inverse problem of lost sales due to false declines is equally costly yet garners far fewer headlines. It’s not because the losses are small, FlexPay CEO Darryl Hicks told Karen Webster, projecting that the...

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Data Brief: Consumers Using Retail Subscriptions Increased 99 Percent Since Last Year
June 22, 2021

Talk about timing. Just as the subscription economy and direct-to-consumer (D2C) commerce were on an innovation tear, the pandemic hit, and subscription services became the go-to resource for all manner of goods and services. In fact, PYMNTS surveyed over 2,000 U.S. consumers to find that...

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Disneyland Swaps Annual Passes For ‘Superfan’ Memberships
June 21, 2021

Disneyland is distinct from its Florida counterpart, Disney World, given the local feel of the Anaheim-based park. Annual passholders who lived in Southern California were a significant and visible part of the park experience, filling the Disneyland parking lots with an ocean of window stickers bearing...

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Creative Use Of Data Is Subscription Services Only ‘Moat’
June 04, 2021

The conventional wisdom that every business needs a good “moat,” or a competitive barrier that sets them apart from the pack and keeps predators at bay, is fine, as long as that chasm you’re counting on is not based on technology alone. In our latest...

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Lime Debuts Subscription Service To Give Perks To Frequent Riders
May 27, 2021

Shared electric vehicle provider Lime will roll out a new monthly subscription service called Lime Prime, which will reduce ride fees and waive unlock fees for Lime bike, scooter or moped rides, a Thursday (May 27) press release emailed to PYMNTS said. By doing that,...

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Curation Models Fight Back Against Subscription Fatigue
May 26, 2021

As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the businesses who profited from the stay-at-home economy during its grasp now have to ask an inconvenient question: What do we do now? Every company that found a successful subscription model during the past year...