Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

For most of the last decade, loyalty marketing seemed to be on autopilot for many brands – but the tide is turning. Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Hybrid points programs.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But there remain some fundamental things that loyalty programs need to achieve to weather the looming storm that open banking, mobile payments, aggregation models, and other marketplace dynamics will bring. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

Loyalty 64

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Travel 64

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.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

But the model generally leaves too little for the program to finance worthwhile rewards for all but the most frequent customers. Loyalty coalition V2.0 – where a single dominant brand owns the ecosystem – was not a response to the problems of the Air Miles model. It began as the “frequent flyer program”. Trust issues.

Loyalty 36

Loyalty Consumers Brands Airlines 36

Currency Alliance

MARCH 5, 2019

These, and other important questions, were subject of a debate held recently at the Visa Innovation Center in London, and Convened by Annich McIntosh of Loyalty Magazine. Loyalty Coalitions are Morphing into Marketplaces. What’s the Role of Points in Modern Loyalty Marketing? How to Earn Loyalty Through Payments.

Loyalty 58

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Entertainment Consulting 58

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. But how many of those ‘partnerships’ share customer insight?

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Brands Loyalty Programs Airlines 40