Is This the End of Birchbox?

“This could be the start of the final act for Birchbox, a service that charges subscribers $10 per month for a box of five or six deluxe beauty samples. They've announced plans to limit the offering of store credit for sample reviews and suspended plans to open new brick-and-mortar stores. Venture funding for subscription boxes in general has dried up this year and Birchbox's attempts to secure more funding have come to naught.” Read more at Racked.