Beyond Philosophy

MAY 10, 2017

If you’re like me, you have loyalty cards for three different supermarkets, a half dozen airlines, several hotels, a dozen or so assorted retailers and the local frozen yogurt shop. As I’ll discuss later, most consumers are a lot like me. grocery chain Kroger has used its rewards program to mine data for years.

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Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Enormous budget airline brands and luxury hotel chains alike are seeing increased competition. But even these leading travel brands can do better. Power reported higher consumer satisfaction than ever – largely due to increased seat sizes and cheaper fares. There is huge market pressure to make great deals.

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Inbenta

JUNE 30, 2021

Tourism, hospitality, and leisure companies have been extremely touched by the Covid pandemic, with thousands of canceled flights, hotel bookings, and more. TravelClub is the leader reward program in Spain with over 6 million subscribers. Benefit is one of the most well-known brands in the cosmetic industry. TravelClub.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2017

From the customer perspective, it amounts to a Revolution – where brands are finally giving into what has been a ‘peaceful demonstration’ gaining momentum for several years – namely that it is too difficult to accumulate much value among so many incompatible loyalty point currencies/programs – so consumers quit.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

For most of the last decade, loyalty marketing seemed to be on autopilot for many brands – but the tide is turning. What really stood out is which brands were pulling off these feats. Of course, the Awards entrants are only a tiny sample from industries that have hundreds or even thousands or loyalty programs.

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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. Across every industry, how you respond to the crisis and these seismic shifts in behavior will have a lasting impact on how your brand comes out the other side.

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Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Even though Plenti failed[i], Amex’s effort showed belief in the coalition model by one of the biggest names in reward programs. Powerful consumer brands, meanwhile, are building their own coalitions. The “Marriott More” program allows its members to earn and redeem points on everyday retail purchases[iii].

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As a result, major loyalty trends for 2019 will see a wave of innovation as established brands trial new ways to retain share of mind. Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. Big brands mimicking strategies pioneered by upstart challengers. 2018 saw a 14.2%

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

We believe these trends will occupy most brands’ efforts during 2019. The loyalty program is not a barnacle that has been attached to the business. Therefore, we offer this fairly extensive summary of what most brands should be doing with their loyalty programs to maximize business impact this year.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The overarching loyalty trend of 2020 will continue to be brands getting to grips with digital transformation. There is a growing divide in customer experience delivered by brands whose digital transformations are progressing well, and those being left behind. Brands embrace shared environmental goals with customers.

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SurveySparrow

JUNE 22, 2023

In today’s business world, customers’ expectations are higher than ever, with each interaction playing a vital role in shaping their overall perception of your brand. Zappos Sector: Retail Zappos, an online shoe and clothing retailer, has built its brand on a foundation of exceptional customer service.

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Currency Alliance

JULY 24, 2018

The anecdotes revealed some interesting themes, and they should make for useful learnings for airline and hotel brands. During the past 20 years, I´ve stayed in hundreds of IHG hotels and amassed hundreds of thousands of loyalty points. Since then, over 200 hotels that were not IHG have had my custom instead. Think again.

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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?

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

Really, for those relatively few brands achieving impressive levels of customer engagement, it’s breath-taking how fast the industry has progressed in such a short time. Gamification and personalization have come on leaps and bounds in loyalty to supplement points and rewards.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

TechCrunch reports that brands such as Airbnb, Disney, and Twitter have seen a 75% reduction in development lead times by migrating to microservices[i]. Furthermore, if your own brand doesn’t take advantage of microservices, others will – increasing their competitiveness. Today, no brand need submit themselves this risk.

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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. A winning program in the grocery sector.

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