Any profitable venture of the world is built on the love and community of returning users. With the news that McDonald's just rolled out its loyalty program, franchises everywhere should be ...

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Let's start with a universal truth: Getting customers to choose you once is not that hard, but getting them to keep choosing you time after time? Now, that’s what separates thriving brands from the ...

Gen Z is driving a loyalty boom in restaurants, pushing brands to deliver faster, frictionless digital rewards.

The future of loyalty is a frictionless flywheel that gains momentum with every joint success. Stop incentivizing purchases and start enabling program members’ success. Loyalty programs work best when ...

Loyalty marketing needs to go beyond discounts and rewards to be effective amid growing signal loss and economic uncertainty, according to panelists during a session that was part of the virtual event ...

Loyalty programs remain a powerful tool for businesses. According to last year’s Statista survey, a third of marketers believe their company earns five to seven times more from these programs than it ...

With restaurant traffic remaining down for a relentlessly long time, frequency has become a bigger focus for most brands. Consequently, loyalty programs have become a bigger battleground because, well ...

A growing number of brands are using AI to improve customer experience with loyalty programs and streamlined operations. These brands are using the technology to offer more personalized experiences ...

They expect more now: More value, more simplicity, more convenience, more excitement. They want loyalty programs to actually elevate their day-to-day lives and help them save while also being fun, ...