November 15, 2018
How Ridesharing Is Driving Rental Car Industry Innovation
In the 1960s, Avis turned to its marketing agency in hopes of tackling a challenge: the car rental company wanted to keep pace with Hertz, which was the top brand...
November 15, 2018
NEW DATA: Subscription Commerce’s New Rules Of Survival
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November 14, 2018
Blue Apron’s Struggle To Find Meal Kit’s Secret Sauce
Meal kit commerce is having a rough time in late 2018, at least judging by recent news from Blue Apron, which is laying off employees as the company loses customers...
November 14, 2018
Netflix Trials Mobile-Only Subscription
Netflix, the leading streaming content service company, is gearing up to test a cheaper version of its service in select markets in an effort to increase sales. Get the Full...
November 14, 2018
CVS’ Service-Focused Future
Within the next week or so, CVS’s planned acquisition of Aetna is expected to close, pairing the nation’s largest pharmacy chain and the nation’s fifth-largest health insurer under a single...
November 14, 2018
Brazil’s Movile Notches $400M In Funding For iFood
Around two decades after starting as a digital content studio, Brazil’s Movile has notched $400 million in new funding in what has been reported as one of the biggest deals...
November 09, 2018
Bottomline Technologies Reports 15 Pct Subscription and Transaction Growth
Bottomline Technologies posted fiscal first quarter results that showed subscription and transaction revenue growth of double digits as management pointed to opportunities and gains in the B2B payments space. Get...
November 09, 2018
Retail Innovation Has Changed — Can SMBs Keep Up?
It’s not your father’s customer loyalty anymore. The ascent of eCommerce and the digital tools that support it have made it easier — in both theory and practice — for retailers to not...
November 07, 2018
CVS Eyes Concept Stores Amid Planned Aetna Deal
With CVS’ planned acquisition of Aetna expected to close prior to Thanksgiving, the combined company plans to tackle health outcomes and services while reducing health costs. The health retailer is...
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.
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.