Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. 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. 1. Looking beyond transactional rewards.

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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. Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Hybrid points programs. A disloyal generation?

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

Leverage Technology In today’s digital age, customers want to engage with retailers through technology. By implementing the right technology, such as chatbots or AI-powered chat assistants, you can create a more personalized and convenient shopping experience for your customers.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

If that sounds like loyalty is late to the party, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In ‘Why so many digital transformations fail’, Harvard Business Review cites : inordinate wastage on proprietary technology. 2020, however, seems likely to be the year in which stars align for a more profitable, productive and open future for loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Having benchmarked and talked to hundreds of loyalty programs in the past few months, what we think program leaders ought to be doing during the next 3-6 months is preparing a plan to realign their loyalty program design with the broader business strategy and core value propositions. Customer data: maximize ROI.

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Currency Alliance

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yet, many loyalty programs are run like barnacles on the side of a business: battling for budget, rather than being nurtured as the core way to engage customers via every channel and touchpoint. Rewards programs have not, historically, earned consistent loyalty across all customer segments.

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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].

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