Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

While travel and retail brands have made a lot of progress in the last 24 months, the bulk of innovation has come from other consumer sectors – including media businesses, entertainment, and telecoms providers, which in recent years appeared to regard loyalty as a lost cause. Hybrid points programs. A disloyal generation?

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Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

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.

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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.

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Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 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. Loyalty program management’ was reported as CMO’s lowest priority, with 4.8%

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Strativity

APRIL 27, 2023

Restaurant Brands International reported a stellar 2022 system-wide sales growth of 13.4%. Margin matters now more than ever A handful of restaurant category brands invested early in proprietary customer engagement platforms and were rewarded with enduring positions of strength, while other brands struggled to pivot.

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Strativity

APRIL 27, 2023

Restaurant Brands International reported a stellar 2022 system-wide sales growth of 13.4%. Margin matters now more than ever A handful of restaurant category brands invested early in proprietary customer engagement platforms and were rewarded with enduring positions of strength, while other brands struggled to pivot.

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Roadmap Customer relationships Brands e-support 52

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

MARCH 21, 2019

Loyalty systems were some of the first marketing technology, dating back 35 years. Now, these legacy systems are showing the strain. Making the same progress in loyalty has been much more difficult. The typical incumbent loyalty technology platform comprises five core modules: CRM/Analytics Platform.

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Loyalty Banking Loyalty Programs CRM 58

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.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The following quote baffles my mind: According to IRI Worldwide, 74% of consumers globally choose a store based on its effective loyalty programme.[i]. If 74% of consumers choose a store based on their loyalty program, then why do few loyalty programs have more than 25% of their customers participating?

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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. The “Marriott More” program allows its members to earn and redeem points on everyday retail purchases[iii]. Sparse claims that the model is dead are severely misinformed. The owner of a typical V2.0

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