Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

This means that loyalty programs are now a more important channel for customer acquisition and retention than ever before. A low-frequency business would be an airline (for most people), or brands selling occasional purchases such as refrigerators, cars, laptops, shoes, gala dresses, etc. Consider the example of a retailer (i.e.,

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

Many consumers now ‘multibank’[iii], keeping their traditional provider on-hand for the same reasons they always did, but branching out in search of enhanced value. In 2000, UK consumer bank Halifax launched a fairly successful marketing slogan: the people that give you extra [iv]. Actually, they do. Extra what?

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. YouGov data from the UK shows that even the youth demographic – supposedly disloyal – thinks that points programs “are a good way for brands to reward customers and 59% think all brands should offer one.”.

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Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Life as we knew it before COVID-19 will take time to return, and even when it does we’re likely to be in a ‘new normal’, as the crisis impacts consumer behaviors going forward. Food and beverage companies, cruise lines, airlines, and hotels are facing some unique challenges as people are forced to stay home.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The following quote baffles my mind: According to IRI Worldwide, 74% of consumers globally choose a store based on its effective loyalty programme.[i]. If 74% of consumers choose a store based on their loyalty program, then why do few loyalty programs have more than 25% of their customers participating? They may be worth.5

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

While travel and retail brands have made a lot of progress in the last 24 months, the bulk of innovation has come from other consumer sectors – including media businesses, entertainment, and telecoms providers, which in recent years appeared to regard loyalty as a lost cause. What really stood out is which brands were pulling off these feats.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Airlines will spend a good portion of 2020 proving that their programs are fundamental to minimizing the environmental impact as the industry grows. At the Loyalty Surgery this year, IBM’s Greg Land said that their modern martech trial at Malaysia Airlines performed extremely well, delivering a 43% improvement in ROI.

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