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December 18, 2023
Report: Amazon Considering Investment in Regional-Sports Programmer Diamond Sports Group

In a potential move that would further solidify its presence in the sports content industry, Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest in Diamond Sports Group, the largest regional-sports programmer in the country....


December 18, 2023
Unilever Sells Q-Tips and Other Brands to Yellow Wood

Unilever is set to sell Q-Tips and a number of its other personal care and beauty brands. The consumer packaged goods giant on Monday (Dec. 18) announced it had reached an...


December 18, 2023
Apple Adds Subscription Bundle Pricing for Developers as Competition Heats...

As app developers look to drive subscription loyalty in the face of increasing competition, Apple is making it possible for players in the space to offer bundled subscription pricing. The...


December 18, 2023
Amazon Nails Down Partnership With Warhammer Creator

Amazon has agreed to develop movies and TV series based on the Warhammer 40,000 games. Games Workshop, the British company that makes the miniature tabletop game series, announced the agreement on its website Monday (Dec....


December 18, 2023
Zalando Aims to Boost Membership With Exclusive Shopping Invitations 

As prices go up, people are cutting back on things they don’t really need. Retailers can keep customers spending by offering attractive perks through memberships. In simple terms, with the...


December 18, 2023
Consumers Need Incentives to Pick Pay-by-Bank Options

Account-to-account (A2A) payments do just what the name implies: transfer funds between bank accounts in near real time. These payments have gained traction in recent years — used by 36%...


December 15, 2023
Instacart Says Online Grocery Is for More Than Just the...

As grocers look to manage their increasingly omnichannel businesses, Instacart is pushing back on the sentiment that consumers turn to digital channels predominantly for shelf-stable items while going to stores...


December 15, 2023
Amazon and Walmart Put Subscribers on Their Wish List in...

The holidays are here, and Walmart and Amazon are looking for ways to boost their subscription numbers. To do that, Walmart has teamed up with Disney+ to offer streamers a...


December 14, 2023
Cash-Strapped Consumers Are Still Buying Small Indulgences

There is an economic theory that can be traced back to the Great Depression of the 1930s: the Lipstick Effect, which suggests that even in the toughest economic times, consumers...


Resolving Failed Payments for a Successful 2023
Subscription merchants that fail to offer multiple ways for consumers to buy their products will see their sales take a hit, says Bean Box CEO Matthew Berk. Only giving consumers one way to buy and pay is a key driver of voluntary churn, especially in these times. Read the “Subscription Commerce Tracker®,” a collaboration with Vindicia, for more.
A Household Supply Deep Dive
42% of Consumers With Retail Subscriptions Shop Less Often at Physical Stores Retail subscriptions are changing the shopping landscape, and nearly one-third of subscribers purchase most or all items using scheduled or auto-fill subscriptions. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 2,011 consumers and 188 retail subscription merchants, “The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Dive,” a collaboration with sticky.io, details the replenish economy and its impact on in-store shopping habits.