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Merchants selling on the ecommerce platform get national exposure for their local, artisanal food products, like Dark Chocolate Malted Fudge and Chile Red Pepper Tapenade.

She will no longer have a day-to-day role, but will continue on as an advisor and member of the board of directors.

Subscription businesses are as old as newspapers and as new as the latest startup drawn by the prospect of recurring revenues.

The success of new Americans confirms our faith in what can be achieved with a clear vision and hard work.

LeVar Burton raised $6.4 million in a Kickstarter campaign and set a record for the most number of campaign backers to create a new, digital version of the beloved children's brand.

The trajectories of the two business models diverged sharply over the past couple years, although both continue to struggle with customer retention.

They're an easy way to delight consumers but they also work to reach a national audience as new-age marketing platforms.

Even the smallest improvements can lead to serious compounding growth over time.

Email is a highly effective online marketing tool, if the recipient opens and reads it. The subject line makes all the difference.

A quick and dirty roadmap to launching a curated subscription box service in seven steps.

The key is to play upon consumers' sense of thrift and the social capital exchanged when telling a friend about a new service.

The benefits abound -- for both company and customer.

Never run out of coffee again, with Starbucks' new high-quality subscription plan.

BirchBox changed women's sampling of cosmetics. Dollar Shave Club automated razor-blade delivery. Find out about other categories ripe for this business model.

What kind of customers would you rather have? Ones that pay as they go, or those on a subscription?

Ways to sidestep the serious shipping challenges in ecommerce subscription businesses.

This latest round of funding values The Honest Company, a maker of eco-friendly family and baby products, at close to $1 billion.

Google's YouTube appears set to take on Spotify and Pandora.

The service, which will offer 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks for a monthly fee of $9.99, takes aim at book subscription forerunners Oyster and Scribd.

Target's online subscription service launched in September with just 150 baby-care items. Now, it's increasing its product offering tenfold, offering everything from K-cups to dog food for regular delivery.

The e-commerce company, which sends beauty samples to subscribers' doorsteps, plans to open a retail store in May.