Restaurant loyalty programs are under more pressure than ever to deliver. This means restaurants must focus on smarter ways to keep guests coming back—and spending more when they do. The good news?

Many e-commerce businesses adopt complex loyalty programs to keep customers around, but these strategies don’t always perform as well in today’s market. Instead, making authentic connections is now ...

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Loyalty isn’t love, it’s utility, habit and frictionless design, and it’s time marketers built programs that reflect that reality. Editor’s note: Loyalty isn’t love — it’s habit. In Part 2 of our ...

Customer loyalty programs may have been around for decades – but they are changing fast and becoming more important for today’s digital-first and economically-concerned consumers. This is driving the ...

Personalization wins loyalty. Loyalty programs thrive on real-time data and AI-driven insights, which help create tailored rewards that drive deeper customer connections. AI powers smarter rewards. AI ...

There are many different things to consider when it comes to getting your business off the ground. Naturally, reaching out to new customers with advertising, marketing campaigns, and promotional ...

Two-thirds of retailers offer loyalty programs, according to a Salesforce survey of 8,350 shoppers and 1,700 retail industry decision-makers released last week. Another 29% plan to roll out loyalty ...

Ultimately, AI enables loyalty programs to operate at a micro, highly personalized level, using historical data to drive ...

Top-ranked U.S. loyalty programs for 2025 stand out for easier redemptions, ample award seats, and practical perks that can ...

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 ...

Too many loyalty programs operate like rusty hand-cranked machines that require immense effort for a single turn. They rest on the premise of short-term retention, a model that stalls the moment a ...