subscription commerce

The use of a recurring, usually monthly, payment business model so consumers and businesses can access products and services on a regular basis. The most popular subscription commerce businesses are streaming services (e.g. Spotify, Netflix), digital media (e.g. Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg), “box of the month” categories (e.g. StitchFix, Barkbox, FabFitFun). Businesses use the subscription commerce model to make access to valuable products more affordable by eliminating the need to make a one-time purchase, e.g. Salesforce, Microsoft Office, fraud and security software).

Best Buy Says Customers Lack Urgency But Are Hungry for Joy 
Best Buy Says Customers Lack Urgency But Are Hungry for Joy 
November 22, 2022  |  Retail

Fighting a highly promotional environment for consumer electronics, Best Buy sees holiday shopping patterns this year returning to some pre-pandemic norms. Reviewing FY23 third quarter financials on...

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Streaming Subscriptions From Apple, Samsung and Xbox Will Test Cancel Trend
Streaming Subscriptions From Apple, Samsung and Xbox Will Test Cancel Trend
November 17, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Amid a broader trend of consumers trimming retail box subscriptions, streaming entertainment looks to be a defiant holdout. Not only has it held onto the...

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Subscriptions Front and Center of Consumers’ Essential Non-Essential Debate
Subscriptions Front and Center of Consumers’ Essential Non-Essential Debate
November 16, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Inflation is changing consumer behavior — and not just in terms of shoppers looking for bargains. Many consumers are on the verge of eliminating subscriptions...

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Spotify Rolls Out Payment Options With Google
Spotify Rolls Out Payment Options With Google
November 13, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Spotify and Google have begun testing user choice billing (UCB), a tool that lets users of the audio streaming platform subscribe and make purchases with...

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Musk: Twitter Blue ‘Probably’ Returning Within a Week
Musk: Twitter Blue ‘Probably’ Returning Within a Week
November 13, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Twitter Blue’s hiatus will be a short one, the platform’s CEO said, as the social media program looks to the subscription service to rescue it...

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Subscription Merchants Battle Churn With Value and New Features
Subscription Merchants Battle Churn With Value and New Features
November 08, 2022  |  Retail

The evolution of subscription commerce continues as consumers become more demanding and exacting in what they want — and expect —  from monthly retail boxes....

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Blue Apron Balances Commitment Phobia With Subscription Demand
Blue Apron Balances Commitment Phobia With Subscription Demand
November 07, 2022  |  Earnings

In what could be seen as the latest wrinkle in the subscription commerce sector, Blue Apron said Monday (Nov. 7) that meal kits that stick to a...

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Learn From an Insider How a Subscription Model Improved Patient Care
Learn From an Insider How a Subscription Model Improved Patient Care
November 07, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Sunil Vasisht, chief operating officer at Meridian Springs Primary Care, tells PYMNTS how the practice was able to leverage the subscription business model for healthcare...

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DOJ Says Ex-MoviePass Execs Misled Investors
DOJ Says Ex-MoviePass Execs Misled Investors
November 06, 2022  |  Legal

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a pair of former MoviePass executives with fraud, saying they misled investors about the health of the subscription...

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