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Loyalty programs: should you issue your own points or miles?

Currency Alliance

Many people assume that operating a loyalty program necessarily implies issuing your own loyalty points or miles. Points and miles are a dominant and popular form of loyalty value. The golden benchmark is about $25 USD per year in loyalty value. This actually is not true.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of April 14, 2024

ShepHyken

Balancing Customer Loyalty in an Age of Growing Business Costs by Tom Behnke (Retail TouchPoints) Consumers again and again have propped up the economy, fueling consistently strong growth in ecommerce and giving the retail industry an important edge in otherwise dark times. Loyalty Programs Should Encourage Competition.

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Customer Experience in Retail Guide: Explanations, Strategies, & the Future of CX

Lumoa

5 Strategies to Improve Customer Experience in Your Store Understand Your Customers Create a Consistent Customer Journey Modernize Your Technology Measure Customer Satisfaction Implement a Loyalty Program The Future of Customer Experience in Retail Wrapping It Up What is Customer Experience and Why Is it Important?

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Retail Customer Experience: Strategies for Keeping Shoppers Engaged and Loyal

Retently

It’s an environment where shoppers feel understood and valued at every touchpoint. It includes every touchpoint a customer has with the retailer, whether it’s walking into a store, speaking to customer representative or unwrapping the product at home. What sets an exceptional retail customer experience apart?

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 12-26-2022

ShepHyken

Beyond Discounts: The New Rules for Today’s Top Loyalty Programs by Charlie Casey. Retail TouchPoints) Even in a time of increasing economic pressures, today’s consumers need brands to give them more than just discounts. My Comment: If you think that customer loyalty programs are about discounts and points, think again.

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What our data is telling us about how retailers can reduce holiday return volume

Talkdesk

A 10-year acceleration in ecommerce buying driven by the pandemic, in combination with the seasonal spike in gift buying, is about to create an unprecedented volume of holiday retail returns. For one, ecommerce orders are up to three times more likely to be returned than in-store purchases.

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Customer feedback across the journey – tips for a successful program

Ann Michaels and Associates

For traditional restaurant and retail companies, feedback programs can be pretty straightforward. However, for others, such as ecommerce, the process can be a bit more complicated. You can get feedback from a variety of customers at different touchpoints to gain overall satisfaction data without risking your customers tuning out.