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December 20, 2023
Retail Merchants Focus on Loyal Subscribers to Shore Up Sales

In the last two years, due to persistent inflation and consumers returning to normal life, retail product subscriptions have steadily decreased from pandemic boom times to reach levels equivalent to...


December 19, 2023
High-Income Consumers Tap Pay-by-Bank Payments for Subscription Bills

Account-to-account (A2A) payments are catching on for subscriptions, especially among high-income consumers. By the Numbers The report “Tracking the Digital Payments Takeover: Consumer Familiarity Controls Account-to-Account Payment Growth,” a PYMNTS...


December 19, 2023
Media Platforms Race to Monetize Influencers’ Followings With Subscriptions

As businesses seek more effective ways to monetize the rise of the influencer economy, leading players are pushing options for creators to offer their followers subscriptions, capitalizing on their fan...


December 19, 2023
Grocers Seize on Holiday Spending Anxiety to Drive Digital Adoption

With consumers’ budgets coming under pressure over the holiday season, leading grocers including Kroger and Walmart have launched digital deals to boost eCommerce engagement. Kroger, for its part, United States’...


December 19, 2023
Provider Liability for Generative AI Companies

The swift rise of Generative AI has brought notable benefits to consumers. Despite this, rising concerns about potential harms and a surge of U.S. litigation, threaten AI’s continued progress. This...


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....


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.
The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Dive

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.