As the grandparents of successful loyalty programs, Canadian consultants and practitioners have these 3 learnings to share with the rest of the world.

Don't follow your competitors down a rabbit hole. Make your loyalty program unique, interesting and profitable by avoiding these 10 mistakes.

Reward redemptions are a win-win for the company and the member. They typically drive a 20-25% lift in spend and engagement after the reward redemption. When and how should you motivate customers to redeem?

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria within the design of loyalty program rewards and incentives promote sustainable and responsible behaviour among customers and align the company together with its members toward a common good. It is also key to help your loyalty program stand out, drive repeat purchases and advocacy

Personalized promotions allow you to set relevant goals for your customers: not too high or low, but just right to drive the desired behaviour.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, such as ChatGPT and Bard from Google, have democratized the world’s access to AI, both from a consumer and a brand standpoint. Enterprise-level Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions providers are seamlessly connecting the dots between data, MarTech, and customer interactions. As such, we marketers and

When is it time to update your loyalty program? Don’t fall into the trap of updating your program just to be trendy. Updating the program needs to be done with careful consideration of member experience and communications, particularly if the changes are not to their benefit.

This guide will show you the imperatives to update your loyalty program to help you differentiate, drive customer engagement and business results, and future-proof your program.

You should only start a loyalty program when you can meet the following criteria: You can afford the investment, you need the customer data, the C-suite is aligned on the KPIs and the role of loyalty, and you have operational support throughout the organization 5. You want to engage your

What do members want in a loyalty program? Rewards, Recognition. Relevance. Relationship. Loyalty is a two-way street.

Loyalty promotions are the best-kept secret of the loyalty industry. They 1. Typically do not count toward compliance days 2. Can be funded by vendors 3. Are highly measurable, 4. Drive traffic back into your store for future redemption

When you are sleep training a child, the education starts at the beginning of the night, rather than at wake-ups in the middle. Similarly, customer retention efforts start with proper onboarding at the beginning of the relationship.

In the aftermath of the bankruptcy and subsequent purchase of AIR MILES, Canada's iconic coalition loyalty program, we must ask ourselves whether coalition loyalty is dead and will it be replaced by card-linked offers.

Canadian Tire is a quintessential, highly beloved Canadian brand and, for most Canadians, Canadian Tire Money is nearly as iconic. Triangle Rewards is Canadian Tire’s loyalty program that rewards customers across all of its brands and is reported to have 11.3 million members at the end of 2022. The latest

A panel discussion from 5 loyalty experts on the topic of the future of loyalty technology presented by The Gift Club, moderated by Hadie Perkas

We are facing a significant gap in customer expectations versus reality in personalization, as 85% of brands believe they’re offering personalized experiences, while only 60% of customers seem to agree.

33% of consumers abandon a brand that lacks personalization. Companies that get personalization right have the potential to generate 40% more revenue than those that don’t. Get started on your personalization roadmap to drive metrics, ROI and emotional loyalty

Retailers can predict and prevent customer attrition based on their proprietary data. Then, they can test marketing communications to increase customer retention.

Loyalty programs provide a wealth of data. Retailers should use the insights gleaned from loyalty program data to provide value back to customers or risk losing them.

An in-depth overview of how companies collect data, what type of data they collect, and what they can do with that data in order to create customer loyalty via personalized marketing communications.

Personalization should feel so seamless to a customer that they shouldn’t even notice when their communication is relevant. But when you do get it wrong, it becomes blatantly obvious.