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

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This means that loyalty programs are now a more important channel for customer acquisition and retention than ever before. A low-frequency business would be an airline (for most people), or brands selling occasional purchases such as refrigerators, cars, laptops, shoes, gala dresses, etc.

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Loyalty partners: co-creating customer value

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The best-known loyalty programs are made up of many partnerships – such as United Airlines and Hilton Hotels, or Emirates and Marriott. The majority of existing partnerships at big loyalty programs are brokered with one goal in mind: creating more value for the most frequent customers.

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Reconsidering Loyalty: Top Loyalty Trends for 2019

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Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. YouGov data from the UK shows that even the youth demographic – supposedly disloyal – thinks that points programs “are a good way for brands to reward customers and 59% think all brands should offer one.”. [iii].

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Loyalty Strategy 2019: How to Win in the Next Decade

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An example of effective alignment of strategy with tactics include Australia’s Coles Supermarket chain and its flybuys reward program. This past summer, the supermarket decided to offer reward points to customers who bring their own re-usable carrier bags. demonstrating environmental responsibility. Segmentation.

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It’s (almost) never 1%: how to price loyalty rewards

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Such ‘loyalty’ programs today are actually just rewards programs: ‘you do this and I will do that.’ This is normally in the form of static rules which apply a flat 1%+/- reward across the board. Too many brands still only reward customers with points when making a purchase. The points may be worth about.8

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Loyalty Tech: Migrate to Microservices, or Get Left Behind

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The typical incumbent loyalty technology platform comprises five core modules: CRM/Analytics Platform. CRM/Analytics. In legacy loyalty systems, the CRM would traditionally be integrated as part of the loyalty stack. Some of the CRM platforms optimized for loyalty marketing include…. Campaign Management. Points Bank.

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