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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Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

The casual observer at last night’s ceremony (and the professional one alike) would have been struck by the many extraordinary, showpiece technological achievements which were made in the past year. Gamification and personalization have come on leaps and bounds in loyalty to supplement points and rewards.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2017

liquidity), shared technology, removal of unnecessary intermediaries, and overall fewer restrictions that stifle customer engagement. 2017 will be the year in which brands must enhance the real value of their currency and align all touchpoints with a broader and compelling loyalty strategy.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

Banks have been in and out of rewards programs for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework. Compounded in Europe by the slashing of interchange fees, banks have been left with reduced margins from which to carve out rewards value[v]. in 2017[vii].

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Emotional loyalty: add incentives along many touchpoints in customer journeys. The reality is that there are a lot of people slapping each other’s backs about incremental gains, while most brands still have less than 1/3 rd of customers active in their loyalty programs. Define the strategy.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app. Loyalty programs are essentially a value exchange.

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