Boom & Bust: Inside the Rapidly Expanding World of Subscription Services
Whimseybox, Julep, Wantable, Blue Apron, Glossybox, and many, many more: After the success of Birchbox, the subscription product industry exploded, but how many different products do we need delivered straight to our door? As part of our week-long series on booms and busts, Jamie Wiebe talks to some of the pioneers behind an industry where the business models are shaky and the margins thin.