This undated publicity photo provided by Birchbox shows a typical monthly beauty sample shipment. Consumers can subscribe to companies like Birch Box to receive monthly shipments of beauty product ...

I’ve always felt that if I had a demonstrably better product than competitors and could only afford to implement one marketing element, it would nearly always be sampling. Sampling breaks through the ...

Once, businesses would hand out free samples in malls or throw them in with other purchases. Now, several businesses have sprouted up devoted to sending out a box of samples to customers once a month ...

The six Japanese Kit Kat flavors in this 50-piece sampler box make it a great gift for the sweet tooth or jet setter. Fair warning, though—you may not want to share!

CHICAGO — It's a beauty product fan's dream: a monthly box sent to the door filled with samples of lip glosses, face creams, hair treatments and nail polishes. The trend started a few years ago with ...