Apple Music will soon add a feature that makes it easier for fans to sing along with songs. Due to become available to Apple Music subscribers later in December, the new Apple Music Sing will allow users to adjust the volume of the vocals on songs...
Fifteen months after leaving the platform, HBO Max is returning to Amazon Prime. Amazon announced the move in a news release Tuesday (Dec. 6), saying its members can now subscribe to HBO Max via Prime for $14.99 per month. Terms of the deal were not released, although Bruce Campbell, chief...
As consumers reevaluate subscriptions amid inflation, new data shows beauty memberships are the most vulnerable. In fact, a greater share of customers is cutting out their subscriptions to beauty products than to any other kind of product or service, according to the November edition of...
You might have thought that an online wine club would be impervious to consumers’ belt-tightening. News came last week that Winc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company had gone public a bit more than a year ago. Last November, the company’s initial public offering...
Price hikes and belt-tightening are an unhappy combination for retail subscriptions, causing cutbacks to deepen. That’s a key finding, among others, in the new “Subscription Commerce Conversion Index: Subscribers Seek Affordability And Convenience,” a PYMNTS and sticky.io collaboration. As this latest sounding states, “Slightly more...
Facing ongoing macroeconomic pressure, many direct-to-consumer subscription companies are being forced to adjust. Consumers are tightening their belts, cutting down their subscriptions. According to this month’s edition of the Subscription Commerce Conversion Index study, “The Subscription Commerce Conversion Index: Subscribers Seek Affordability and Convenience,” a...
Nestlé is partly offloading its Freshly meal delivery business following disappointing results. The food and beverage giant announced earlier this month that it is forming a partnership with private equity firm L Catterton whereby the ready-made meal company will merge with the firm’s Kettle Cuisine...
As noted in the November edition of the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker, nearly two-thirds of U.K. consumers plan to reevaluate their subscriptions in the next six months due to cost concerns, while nearly four in 10 have already canceled a subscription service. See more: Retail...
Consumers may continue to shop for the staples of their holiday meal from their go-to grocers and food producers, but meal kit companies and other direct-to-consumer (D2C) food companies have the opportunity to gain share of stomach when it comes to the smattering of side...