August 16, 2017

Will Walmart Buy Beauty Subscription Box Company Birchbox?

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has met with beauty box subscription company Birchbox, Recode reported last week. Sources told Recode that Birchbox co-founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp met with Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce chief Marc Lore, but it is not known specifically what was discussed or if Walmart is looking to acquire Birchbox. If so, it would be the latest in a string of recent acquisitions for Walmart that will help strengthen Walmart’s position in online retail.

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The Top 4 Challenges Specialized Information Publishers Face and How Many Overcome Them

Robert Skrob, Subscription Insider Guide to Membership Retention and President of Membership Services, asked the heads of several specialized information publishers to talk about their biggest challenges in growing their subscription publishing businesses. You will find some of these challenges to be consistent across the subscription industry as a whole, and you will learn how these leaders are tackling those challenges.

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