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Disney+ Bundles Early Access to Branded Products With Streaming Service
Disney+ Bundles Early Access to Branded Products With Streaming Service
November 01, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Disney is offering American subscribers to its Disney+ streaming service early access to merchandise, letting them shop for products a week ahead of the public....

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Simon Property CEO Says Brick-and-Mortar Is Strong as eCommerce Is Flatlining
Simon Property CEO Says Brick-and-Mortar Is Strong as eCommerce Is Flatlining
November 01, 2022  |  Retail

In his inimitable style, the billionaire CEO of the nation’s largest mall owner had a blunt message for investors Tuesday (Nov. 1) saying that Simon...

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Payment Declines Are the ‘Silent Killer’ of Subscriber Lifetime Value
Payment Declines Are the ‘Silent Killer’ of Subscriber Lifetime Value
October 25, 2022  |  Subscriptions

A payment decline feels like a slap in the face to subscribers, especially when it’s the result of a processing mistake on the part of...

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Coffee and Flower Brands Push Value to Survive ‘The Great Unsubscribe’
Coffee and Flower Brands Push Value to Survive ‘The Great Unsubscribe’
October 12, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Core tools and tactics are similar among retail subscriptions, but guiding consumers to keep a beloved but nonessential subscription is a nuanced set of interactions...

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

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...

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

Scaling a subscription business is often a matter of growth through other means — and what first attracts consumers to a service may not be...

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Most Using Subscriptions on the Sly Are Millennial, Gen Z
Most Using Subscriptions on the Sly Are Millennial, Gen Z
September 14, 2022  |  Subscriptions

As the belt-tightening continues across categories, subscription services are seeing slight declines, adding fuel to the fire over subscription “cheaters” who use the services of...

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One-Click Checkout Gets Wheels With Company’s Fast Pivot
One-Click Checkout Gets Wheels With Company’s Fast Pivot
September 16, 2020  |  Retail

Talk about reinventing the wheel. Meet Shark Wheel, a company that has literally invented a wheel that’s not round and added some innovation to the...

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Nationwide Insurance Chief Economist Encourages Conditional Retail Forecasts
Nationwide Insurance Chief Economist Encourages Conditional Retail Forecasts
June 29, 2020  |  Retail

Retailers looking for the shape of an economic recovery have had several letters to choose from. There’s the “hoped for” V-shaped recovery that heralds a...

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