Subscription Commerce

Subscription Commerce
Deep Dive: A Subscription Prescription For Medical Efficiency
September 27, 2018

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 alternative to medical care, reducing physicians’ workload to more manageable levels and establishing additional sources...

Subscription Commerce
Ford’s Canvas Road Tests Vehicle Subscriptions
September 26, 2018

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 subscription-based services like Ford’s Canvas are aiming to address, by offering more flexible, private access...

Subscription Commerce
NEW REPORT: With Canvas, Ford Test Drives Auto Rental Subscriptions
September 25, 2018

Subscription fatigue is one of the biggest challenges merchants must conquer if they want to ensure longevity. In recent weeks, several subscription-based businesses have revised their offerings to try new tactics in an effort to keep customers renewing their subscriptions. In the September Subscription Commerce...

Subscription Commerce
Deep Dive: The Meal Kit Market
August 27, 2018

The meal kits services like Blue Apron and HelloFresh have been a cornerstone of the subscription market over the past several years. Recently, however, consumers’ appetites for meal kit subscriptions appear to be waning. The latest Subscription Commerce Tracker includes a Deep Dive on the...

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‘The New York Times’ Sees A Subscription Surge
August 22, 2018

News organizations have struggled to find paid subscribers in a sea of free content, but The Gray Lady, “The New York Times,” has added over 100,000 digital-only subscribers in Q2 2018. In the latest Subscription Commerce Tracker™, David Gurian-Peck, The Times’ VP of subscriptions and growth, tells PYMNTS how they...

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TRENDING: How ‘The New York Times’ Built A Winning Subscription Formula
August 21, 2018

The subscription market has grown more competitive in recent years, with multiple players aggressively working to attract subscribers. The growing market is forcing many players to get creative to stand apart in a crowded field of subscription services. For some subscription merchants, this means giving...

Subscription Commerce
Password Sharing Costs Streaming Services Millions In Revenue
August 20, 2018

Younger users who are sharing their passwords to streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon are costing these companies millions of dollars in revenue each year. “The cat is out of the bag,” said Jill Rosengard Hill, executive president at media research firm Frank...

Subscription Commerce
Meal Kit Subscription Retail Faces Grave Challenges
August 14, 2018

$3 billion: The projected value of meal kit subscription sales in 2018. Consumers increasingly love eating at home. Revenue from food deliveries has increased 20 percent in the past five years, according to NPD Group. For consumers who don’t mind a little bit of cooking,...

Subscription Commerce
NEW REPORT: How Pricing Combats Subscription Fatigue
July 25, 2018

In the subscription business, offering flexibility is increasingly important for retaining customers. After all, no one likes being overwhelmed with product deliveries they don’t want or can’t use, which can — in many cases — prompt them to cancel their subscription altogether. According to the most...