Redbox, the DVD rental company best known for its physical kiosks, is dipping a toe in the streaming market with its new service Redbox Free Live TV, according to published reports Monday (Feb. 17). The service will be different from “live TV” style services as...
One might assume they could easily guess the biggest competitor for a startup focused on selling contact lenses direct to consumer (DTC) via subscription. Maybe Johnson & Johnson or The Cooper Companies (America’s two largest contact lens manufacturers), or even Warby Parker, which recently added...
In the space of about 18 months, it seems that everyone is trying to rule the subscription streaming world. There are the incumbent players — the big, original three of streaming that are Hulu, Netflix and Amazon. In late 2019, they were joined by Disney+...
For first-time shoppers, buying vitamins can be a little overwhelming. There are so many options, formulations and regimens, but not much in the way of hard data to tell one why they should take one over another. Vitamins may be a massive market in the...
Whether it’s a monthly box of shaving stuff delivered to your door or a license for cloud-based collaboration software, subscriptions are a cornerstone of the recurring payments world. They are also a favorite flavor among fraudsters, adding a sense of urgency to advanced anti-fraud efforts...
International fitness and wellness marketplace ClassPass has notched $285 million in a Series E funding round led by L Catterton and Apax Digital, with support by existing investor Temasek, the company announced on Wednesday (Jan. 8). The funds come on the heels of the startup’s...
Netflix started the decade with a subscription mail DVD service with 12 million subscribers paying $9 a month for the privilege. It ended the decade as the best performing stock of the whole period, with a more than 4,000 percent return, according to CNBC. If...
Netflix is launching a pilot in India that will offer discounted longer-term subscription plans, Economic Times reported on Wednesday (Dec. 11), citing sources. “We believe that our members may value the flexibility that comes from being able to pay for a few months at once....
By all accounts, Cyber Monday was a great day for commerce in America. Prior to the all-day digital shopping festival, analysts had predicted it would surpass $9 billion. When the results were in and tabulated by Adobe, those expert predictions held, as Cyber Monday brought...
