Walmart has begun offering customers the chance to combine Walmart+ and Sam’s Club Plus memberships into a single subscription.` Such a move is a “direct shot” at Amazon Prime, Brett Rose, founder and CEO at wholesale distributor United National Consumer Supplier, told Retail Dive in...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a mainstream consumer technology. But paying for it remains a much narrower habit. The consumers who do spend heavily on AI, however, are opening their wallets at levels that look less like entertainment subscriptions and more like business software budgets....
Consumer artificial intelligence (AI) agents are getting the keys to inboxes, browsers and payment accounts. Meta’s Muse, launched Sept. 8, can send emails, fill out forms and pay at checkout through Stripe’s Link, PYMNTS reported. Three weeks later, OpenAI introduced “dots,” AI agents which run...
Vehicle subscription company Autonomy has appointed Mercedes-Benz executive Fred Weick as CEO. Weick succeeds Autonomy founder Scott Painter, who will serve as lead director of the Autonomy board. Weick will report to Painter, the company said in a Monday (June 29) press release. Weick spent more than 30 years at Mercedes-Benz (formerly Daimler) and...
June 06, 2025
Retailers like Amazon and Walmart don’t just battle for consumer spend in brick-and-mortar or online. They battle everywhere, all the time. As shoppers shift habits faster than you can say “same-day delivery” and tech upends every aisle, the winners aren’t just reacting but are increasingly predicting what customers want before they even know it themselves. […]
April 28, 2025
The consumer retail landscape is usually painted in broad strokes of green and blue: Walmart for weekly groceries, beverages and basic household items, Amazon for everything from clothing and housewares...
February 13, 2025
New models. New ads. New pricing tiers. The subscription economy has been active, to say the least, with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealing TV screens have now surpassed mobile as...
December 09, 2024
After focusing on cost-cutting and margin improvement from 2020 to 2023, Rent the Runway is now back in “growth mode,” according to CEO Jennifer Hyman. As 2024 winds down, Rent the...
October 27, 2026
SpaceXAI’s X Subscription Corp. has launched a referral program to promote its new The X Subscription, according to a program terms page updated Tuesday (Oct. 27). The referral program allows eligible subscribers to earn a reward by sharing a personal referral link or code with a new user who then uses the link to sign up and […]
October 25, 2026
Walmart has begun offering customers the chance to combine Walmart+ and Sam’s Club Plus memberships into a single subscription.` Such a move is a “direct shot” at Amazon Prime, Brett...
June 29, 2026
Vehicle subscription company Autonomy has appointed Mercedes-Benz executive Fred Weick as CEO. Weick succeeds Autonomy founder Scott Painter, who will serve as lead director of the Autonomy board. Weick will report to Painter, the company said in a...
May 27, 2026
Meta will soon roll out subscriptions for three of its apps and for creators, businesses and power users of its artificial intelligence (AI) offering. Subscription plans called Instagram Plus, WhatsApp...
