Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

We believe these trends will occupy most brands’ efforts during 2019. Businesses, their markets, and customer behavior have evolved dramatically in the past 10 years, yet most loyalty programs have only made incremental changes (in some cases to the detriment of customers). Customer data: maximize ROI.

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

JUNE 22, 2017

We’re already nearly halfway through 2017. A year that could see a tipping point for customer loyalty programs. We’ve seen plenty of articles over the last couple of years about how the traditional loyalty program is falling short. Historically, brands have wanted to defend what is theirs.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2019

Now, the mobility sector is understood to comprise every transport type that enables customers to get from one place to another and – more importantly – how customers search for, book, and manage their mobility choices. Independent of market positioning, unique customer insight will become the primary competitive advantage.

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Airlines 56

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We recognize that these are difficult times for merchants managing loyalty programs. Customer expectations are higher than ever. The answer to both of these problems lies in collaboration with common loyalty currencies. But the concept of exchanging loyalty currencies remains alien.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Brands 49

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]. Unfulfilled promises.

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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.

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Currency Alliance

AUGUST 16, 2019

Loyalty programs once enabled relatively personalized marketing. From a standing start of zero customer data some 20 years ago, brands became able to incentivize desired behaviors in highly-predictable customer segments. Value, that is, to a minority of highly-frequent, high-spending customers.

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Loyalty Brands Loyalty Programs Airlines 40

Thematic

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If they care this much about their customers you better also, if you want to stand a chance in today’s competitive market. Now we’ll talk about how you can actually capture those customer insights and respond to them in a way that works for you. 3 step process for implementing a VOC program.

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