subscriptions

The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, and is now used by many businesses and websites.

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Today In Retail: Mastercard Broadens Merchant Access to BNPL; HomeGoods Adds Digital Shopping Capabilities
Today In Retail: Mastercard Broadens Merchant Access to BNPL; HomeGoods Adds Digital Shopping Capabilities
September 28, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Mastercard is set to enter the buy now, pay later (BNPL) arena with an offering that integrates into the company’s...

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Retailers Expand Subscription Options, But Consumers May Be at Their Limit
Retailers Expand Subscription Options, But Consumers May Be at Their Limit
September 28, 2021  |  Retail

In the past several weeks, a handful of retailers have rolled out announcements about new or expanded subscription services, including Petco’s expansion of its PupBox...

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GoodRX: Subscriptions Revenue Up 125% YoY, Subscribers Top 1M
GoodRX: Subscriptions Revenue Up 125% YoY, Subscribers Top 1M
September 26, 2021  |  Subscriptions

Doug Hirsch, co-CEO of GoodRx, which offers medication discounts and tracks pharmaceutical prices, said the company had over a million subscribers on its subscription offerings...

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Walmart+ Marks 1st Anniversary with Slow Subscriber Growth, Unfazed Executives
Walmart+ Marks 1st Anniversary with Slow Subscriber Growth, Unfazed Executives
September 23, 2021  |  Retail

Walmart+, seen by most as Walmart’s answer to Amazon Prime, is celebrating its first birthday this month, but the subscription service doesn’t have a lot...

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Adobe’s Digital Subscription Revenue up 29% to $864M in Q3
Adobe’s Digital Subscription Revenue up 29% to $864M in Q3
September 21, 2021  |  Earnings

Adobe saw digital subscription revenue up 29 percent, now totaling $864 million as of the third quarter, a company earnings report says. Get the Full...

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61M US Consumers Have at Least One Retail Subscription
61M US Consumers Have at Least One Retail Subscription
September 21, 2021  |  Subscriptions

According to the Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, a PYMNTS and sticky.io collaboration, the estimated number of U.S. consumers who use a least one retail subscription...

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Square Seeks Bigger Businesses With Advanced Invoicing Subscription
Square Seeks Bigger Businesses With Advanced Invoicing Subscription
September 20, 2021  |  B2B Payments

In a bid to drive revenue and appeal to larger, more complex businesses, the software, hardware and payments platform Square has introduced  a new monthly...

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Restaurant Roundup: Wing Boss Goes Brick-and-Mortar, New F&B Subscription Services Launch
Restaurant Roundup: Wing Boss Goes Brick-and-Mortar, New F&B Subscription Services Launch
September 17, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

The ghost kitchens that emerged during the first year of the pandemic are reevaluating their relationship to physical space now that many consumers have shifted...

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Ancestry Taps Big Tech Execs as DNA Firm Looks to Deepen Its Roots
Ancestry Taps Big Tech Execs as DNA Firm Looks to Deepen Its Roots
September 16, 2021  |  Subscriptions

Genealogy is big business — and poised to get bigger — as demonstrated by investment firm Blackstone’s December 2020 purchase of Ancestry for $4.7 billion. Further driving the...

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