Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Voxi is the ‘youth brand’ of Vodafone, whose highly successful VeryMe rewards program has previously been praised by Currency Alliance. A disloyal generation? Fighting on multiple fronts.

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Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. What is great about The Loyalty Magazine Awards is the willingness to share why each brand won their award or received special recognition – which allows us, as practitioners, to learn, and not just enjoy the gin fizz. Mastering customer data (finally).

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Gamification Airlines 49

Currency Alliance

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yet, many loyalty programs are run like barnacles on the side of a business: battling for budget, rather than being nurtured as the core way to engage customers via every channel and touchpoint. Rewards programs have not, historically, earned consistent loyalty across all customer segments. do you reward experimentation?

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Loyalty Brands Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 40

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

Banks have been in and out of rewards programs for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework. Compounded in Europe by the slashing of interchange fees, banks have been left with reduced margins from which to carve out rewards value[v]. equates to $76m USD.

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Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 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). An example of effective alignment of strategy with tactics include Australia’s Coles Supermarket chain and its flybuys reward program.

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Loyalty marketing, however, has been restrained (or, arguably, sheltered) by monolithic tech, and probably a lack of interest, as other, sexier marketing innovations stole center-stage. Nonetheless, the legacy loyalty points bank kept them from innovating more quickly. Brands reward more touchpoints to grow emotional loyalty.

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Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Hotels 40