Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

A 2018 Collinson study reported that 66% of financial services professionals say their bank “does not understand why customers are loyal or have a strategy to strengthen customer relationships”[i]. 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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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The Economist, November 2018. Escalating competition across sectors – not a purported “death of loyalty” – is making loyalty harder earned. 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. 2018 saw a 14.2% Smarter budgeting.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 45

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In December 2018, we published what we consider will be the Top 10 Trends in loyalty marketing 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).

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

Independent of individual program achievements, the most important development across the industry has not been in individual technological triumphs, but a hastening structural shift in how brands understand and approach the purpose of their loyalty programs. ING Direct is one of those brands. Kudos to them.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Gamification Airlines 49

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. Brands reward more touchpoints to grow emotional loyalty.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Hotels 40

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 How To Hotels 52

Retently

MARCH 18, 2019

million users as of 2018, and the number is expected to grow to around 60.8 Consumers love Starbucks – even more since the company implemented its rewards program. Apparently, customer loyalty was so high that Starbucks’ program ended up holding more money than some banks. Airbnb Customer Retention.

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Net Promoter Score Omni-Channel Company NPS 133