Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

The smart ones kept a loyalty strategy even if they eliminated the points, but some foolishly acted as though their rewards program was their loyalty strategy – and threw the baby out with the bath water. Merchants across retail, travel, utilities, healthcare, etc.

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Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Loyalty trends, as we’ve said in our previous years’ trends articles, are interesting to think about – but they are not necessarily reflective of what your own brand should be focusing on in the next year. The article covers the various brands which have joined the Scene+ loyalty coalition.

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2024 Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs 59

Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

People are changing the way they shop, how they can travel, where they eat, how they work, and how they stay in contact with loved ones. Tailoring packages for maximum ROI - hospitality offerings usually involve a matrix of different features and services, and so it’s essential to understand how consumers respond to different combinations.

Hospitality 29

Hospitality Retail Rewards Programs ROI 29

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It has the potential to address a lot of business challenges, and enable many forms of elusive innovation in loyalty marketing. The biggest opportunities for loyalty programs relate to operating more efficiently to reduce cost, and improving personalization. As the saying goes, ‘garbage in, garbage out’.

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Loyalty Marketing Airlines Loyalty Programs 52

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

You get a greater return on your investment (ROI) from repeat customers than trying to acquire a first-time customer Even though only 12% to 15% of customers are loyal to a single retailer, they represent between 55% to 70% of the retailer’s sales. Deploy Microsurveys at Key Touchpoints: Get customer feedback in the moments that matter.

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Customer Retention Telecommunications Customer Journey Mapping Retail 260

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This has mostly been via low-investment, tactical approaches that increase ROI, and educate the C-suite regarding long-term strategic value. Faced by this looming ‘perfect storm’ of change, the sheltered existence, that many leading loyalty programs have enjoyed for three decades, is coming to an end. An uncertain future.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Within one year, over 100 bank-sponsored loyalty programs in Europe disappeared. Shutting down the loyalty programs was a huge strategic mistake by the banks. Next, we explain how to increase the perceived value of your loyalty currency, so that your loyalty program is more effective, and the ROI increases.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Management.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Touchpoint Hotels 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What is strange today, is that most brands have evolved their public-facing ecommerce platforms into dynamic, content-rich, and personalized shopping experiences, while their loyalty program redemption catalog may not have changed in ten years, leaving it looking static with minimal appeal. Management.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Touchpoint Hotels 52

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

So, with competition across nearly every category, all companies now need a loyalty strategy. Not every company needs a loyalty program with points, gift cards, or other incentives, but very few businesses can survive without a base of loyal customers that makes up 30-50% of recurring total sales.

Loyalty 59

Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement Airlines 59

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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Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

MARCH 30, 2022

In recent years, brands have invested more in loyalty. At many businesses, however, loyalty teams still attract relatively few resources compared to the ROI that loyalty can deliver when best-practices are observed. but within a few years it had become South Africa’s leading loyalty program.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Hotels 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

At first glance, this year’s Gartner CMO spend survey may not make for happy reading for loyalty marketers. Loyalty program management’ was reported as CMO’s lowest priority, with 4.8% Firstly, loyalty tech isn’t as expensive as it used to be. of budget, down from 6.6% in 2017[ii]. 2018 saw a 14.2%

Loyalty 45

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2021 will be another year in the long-term journey to become customer-centric, balance the economics of loyalty programs to deliver more value to customers, and ensure the right systems are in place to reduce dependencies on the IT department or vendors. Rebalancing loyalty program economics.

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2021 Loyalty Loyalty Programs Travel 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Second, if you’re already familiar with the economics, it provides a narrative framework for upskilling your own teams, to help everyone you work with understand what will drive success and failure in loyalty marketing. The souk , the shopping mall, Online Travel Agencies, and Amazon.com are all testament to this reality.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Travel Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Nobody in loyalty could have missed The Times’ headline in October, about the Committee for Climate Change (CCC) proposal to start taxing frequent flyer programs (FFPs), or even to shut them down, under the assumption that they increase flying. Nonetheless, the legacy loyalty points bank kept them from innovating more quickly.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty 2020 Hotels Loyalty Programs 40

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If a new CEO replaced you tomorrow, and had no previous connection to the current loyalty program, what changes do you think she would make? We hear loyalty leaders state all the time that they have embraced ‘best practices’. That’s right, loyalty programs should be a profit center.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Touchpoint ROI 52

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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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Hotels Airlines 40

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

Forrester defines customer journey analytics is “an analytics practice that combines quantitative and qualitative data to analyze customer behaviors and motivations across touchpoints and over time to optimize customer interactions and predict future behavior.”. Uncover behavioral segments.

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Customer Journey Customer Journey Mapping Touchpoint Multi-Channel 90

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. Most loyalty programs still retain largely the same design as 20 years ago. The key to getting customers once again actively involved in loyalty program participation is through providing greater liquidity.

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Loyalty Customer Engagement Engagement Loyalty Programs 45

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the earliest loyalty programs came out of the grocery sector. 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 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Multi-Channel 52

Currency Alliance

APRIL 10, 2021

If a new CEO replaced you tomorrow, and had no previous connection to the current loyalty program, what changes do you think she would make? As CEO, the time you can dedicate to your loyalty program is probably close to zero. Most loyalty programs report how many members they have.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Touchpoint 52