September 28, 2018
Fitness-As-A-Service For Business Travelers, Subscription Style
Gyms traditionally work on the membership model, requiring monthly or annual commitments from people who work or live near their facilities. But subscription services are taking a different approach to...
September 27, 2018
Amazon Prime Video Launches NFL Pre-Game Subscriptions
Amazon Prime Video announced this week the launch of a new NFL pre-game show on Thursdays, hosted by Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer, two female sports journalists. Get the Full...
September 27, 2018
Deep Dive: A Subscription Prescription For Medical Efficiency
Medical patients often feel neglected by physicians, but 80 percent of the latter feel overwhelmed by their caseloads. Subscription medicine could be the right treatment, offering patients a more affordable...
September 26, 2018
Today In Data: FinTech’s Big Year, Halfway Through
The year 2018 has been a been a big year for FinTechs, as investor interest has been strong, and consumers have apparently been interested in upgrading their tools and services. Digital commerce continues...
September 26, 2018
Alexa Hones Voice-Activated Skills With ‘Consumables’
Amazon is rolling out new commerce capabilities for its Alexa voice assistant. The company is offering in-skill purchasing with a product dubbed Consumables. By using the function, developers will be...
September 26, 2018
Ford’s Canvas Road Tests Vehicle Subscriptions
For short-term transportation needs, Uber and Zipcar can work well, but longer-term stints often involve costlier options, like buying a vehicle or signing a years-long lease. That’s a challenge that...
September 25, 2018
Google Image Search Gets Contextual Commerce Boost
Combine visual smarts with digital context and you’ve created an online shopping method that can respond to consumer impulses and discovery in ways that can feel pleasingly intimate – and...
September 25, 2018
With Audi Select, Automaker Pilots Subscription Rentals
Luxury automakers are test driving new business models: Audi has announced a pilot program dubbed Audi Select that allows customers to borrow from a small selection of vehicles. The service,...
September 25, 2018
Google P2P Payments Via QR Codes In The Offing?
Google is working on using QR codes to allow its users to send peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. While Google Pay already enables P2P payments, XDA-Developers revealed that the company is adding...
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.