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Welcome to another edition of our Subscription Roundup. This week we look at Microsoft’s efforts to battle with Amazon over check-out free retail technology. Who will win this battle of technology between Amazon and Microsoft? Next, we look at Electronic Arts’ new subscription for PC games. And finally, we move on to another company that is pushing the subscription frontier by turning home Wi-Fi into a subscription service.

The automobile industry is dominating this week’s subscription roundup as we look into the new subscription plans offered by Mercedes Benz and Jeep. Can these companies make car ownership an obsolete concept? Our other story this week focuses on music streaming service Spotify’s new move to attract artists. 

Our ‘Beginner’s Guides’ are designed to help companies build their own successful subscription businesses. In the third and final part of the blog series, Shashank Venkat looks at some common pitfalls in subscription billing and suggests ways businesses can overcome them.

In this week’s subscription roundup, we feature music streaming service Pandora which has gone the way of its rivals, Spotify and Apple Music, and started offering family subscription plans. Can Pandora give other subscription streaming services a run for their money? Speaking of competition, we turn the spotlight towards Apple which is preparing for a showdown with Netflix. Lastly, we examine the state of the increasingly crowded…

Netflix is on our minds again in this week’s subscription roundup. The subscription giant’s stock price reached an all-time high this week, making it more valuable than Comcast. What does the future hold for Netflix? In other news, now you can subscribe to tech support with Best Buy’s new subscription plan. Lastly, we look at a problem in the subscription industry which may affect its viability in the long term.

As more businesses adopt the subscription business model, it looks like the industry is in great shape. However, scratch the surface and it appears there may be an underlying problem which is affecting the sustainability of the subscription industry. What’s wrong, you ask? Shashank Venkat has the answers

In this week’s subscription roundup, we look at YouTube’s new music subscription service which is all set to compete against market leaders Spotify and Apple Music. Can it gain significant market share? Next, we examine whether the subscription business model can be the lifeline wearables need. Our final feature looks at the most popular subscriptions in the UK.

GDPR will have a long-standing impact on the regulatory environment in the European Union. As we approach the compliance deadline, we want to reassure our customers about our continued commitment towards data protection. Leonardo Hodgson, Cerillion Skyline product manager, talks through the steps that we have taken to help businesses become GDPR compliant.

Our ‘Beginner’s Guides’ are designed to help companies build their own successful subscription businesses. In the second part of this blog series, we look at some key metrics organisations should be monitoring while designing the perfect subscription experience. Shashank Venkat with the details

In this week’s subscription roundup, we bring you the top stories from around the globe. First up, we look at tech giant Apple which wants to boost its services business by selling subscriptions through its TV app. We then look at the big retail news from the week as Walmart has pipped Amazon to acquire a majority stake in India’s largest e-commerce firm, Flipkart. Subscriptions seem to be on the mind of Canadian media and…