How Subscription Companies Can Avoid "Box Fatigue"

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Offering customers a peek at their upcoming subscription box may backfire: A new Journal of Marketing study shows that when customers preview their upcoming boxes, they end up skipping more boxes and buying less in the long run. Read an in-depth recap of this research here: https://www.ama.org/2023/02/07/the-problem-with-offering-a-subscription-box-and-how-companies-should-or-shouldnt-involve-customers-in-the-process/ Read the full Journal of Marketing article here: https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221148978 Reference: Nita Umashankar, Kihyun Hannah Kim, and Thomas Reutterer, “Understanding Customer Participation Dynamics: The Case of the Subscription Box,” Journal of Marketing. Narrator: Josephine Stein Acknowledgments: Aman Soni Topics: subscription boxes, customer preferences, subscriptions, Birch Box, Stitch Fix, retail, consumer behavior The JM Buzz is a production of the Journal of Marketing and is produced by University FM.