Subscriptions

Subscriptions
Sephora Launches Same-Day Unlimited Subscription Offering
September 27, 2022

Sephora has rolled out a subscription-based membership called Sephora Same-Day Unlimited, the beauty retailer announced Tuesday (Sept. 27). The program lets customers have products delivered to their homes in as little as two hours, according to an announcement. “A recent survey found that the No....

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Navigating Economic Uncertainty With Payments and Cancellation Flexibility
September 27, 2022

Inflation may be moderating, but high prices on everything force consumers to rethink what’s really essential. Juan Palacio of BloomsyBox tells PYMNTS how flexible payments and cancellation policies are helping turn flowers into an essential monthly purchase.

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Merchants Try New Tactics to Slow Subscription Churn
September 27, 2022

With the economic outlook not improving or likely to until 2023 or 2024, subscription commerce faces an inflection point that could see a mass customer exodus unless providers get creative in their strategies and use platform tools to navigate a tricky time. Rima Khoury, vice...

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The Data Point: 40% of Subscribers Would Switch for Better Billing Experience
September 26, 2022

Subscription brands may be headed for a lesson in the meaning of “essential” as inflation-squeezed consumers are forced to decide between needs and wants and the holidays loom. According to the September edition of the Subscription Commerce Tracker®, a PYMNTS and Vindicia collaboration, because so...

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BloomsyBox Turns Flower Subscriptions Into an Essential Consumer Purchase
September 26, 2022

With inflation on the rise, 85% of consumers are concerned or very concerned about their budgets. With the prospect of rising costs continuing well into next year, many consumers are limiting their spend on nonessential items. Overall, 46% of consumers say they are making fewer...

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Grocery Subscription Engagement Rose 8% in Q2
September 22, 2022

As consumers grow increasingly comfortable using eCommerce channels to get their food needs met, online grocery subscriptions are on the rise. By the Numbers Research from PYMNTS’ new study “How The World Does Digital: The Impact Of Payments On Digital Transformation,” which draws from surveys...

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Subscription Shortcomings Could Take Bite Out of Apple’s Ambitions
September 22, 2022

The devil, they say, is in the details. And the details, as outlined in the latest Subscription Commerce Conversion report, offer up data that may bedevil Apple’s efforts to cement subscriptions fully in the connected ecosystem it seeks to build. We noted earlier this month,...

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Amazon Prime Scores With Thursday Night Football in Subscription Value Play
September 20, 2022

Thursday Night Football (TNF) was a good get for Amazon Prime, explaining the astronomical price tag on rights, but it was a kind of “flea flicker” in NFL parlance, moving the real action — attracting more Prime subscribers — downfield at a time of cutbacks and trade...

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Subscription Plans Must Be Simple and Streamlined to Scale
September 15, 2022

Scaling a subscription business is often a matter of growth through other means — and what first attracts consumers to a service may not be what keeps them engaged over time. In addition to the products and services that first draw subscribers to a brand,...