Loyalty Wired

A decade ago, the global loyalty landscape was ruled by big multi-merchant coalition program operators. Today, most of those operators are gone. Rick Ferguson convenes our Loyalty Roundtable to discuss the past, present, and future of coalition loyalty. Plus, we talk to a loyalty player in the legal cannabis market and explore the changes to the Qantas frequent-flyer program.

In the saturated world of hotel loyalty, how can you make an impact in best-customer relationships? Rick Ferguson chats with Sonesta Hotels' Kevin McCarthy about the opportunities and challenges of relaunching a loyalty program in a crowded marketplace. Also, Rick debuts the launch of the Empire State Building Ambassador program and Iain Pringle explores the explosive growth of retail media with SG-Retail's Steve Gray.

In this podcast we explore making the case for loyalty in the boardroom. How do you prove value and make a case for long-term investment. With special guests Amy Barnett of VP of Loyalty at Cracker Barrel and Jay Weinberg.

In this podcast we explore the explosive growth of the retail media industry which was worth over $128 billion in 2023. With special guests Steve Gray and Katie Streeter-Hurle of SMG we explore the conditions that led to this growth, what benefits it brings customers and brands and provide advice for those considering a retail media strategy.

With recent changes to Air Miles in Canada and Nectar in the UK, the coalition model continues to evolve. But will it go extinct? Iain Pringle explores the seismic shift in the New Zealand loyalty landscape that led to the demise of the FlyBuys coalition while Rick explores the rise of the “Zero Consumer” and Airbnb’s customer loyalty strategy.

This week Rick Ferguson revisits US credit card regulations and asks what a settlement could mean for issuers and merchants and explores whether loyalty to apple is a pleasure or a pain.

As loyalty is now truly a global market in this podcast we compare research studies from two sides of the globe with Adam Posner in Australia and James Davies of Mando Connect in London.

This week Rick Ferguson travels to the European Union for a look into the current state of General Data Protection Regulation compliance, Charlie Hills, of WPP, gives a summary of the UK loyalty market and Amanda Cromhout shares her inspiration for setting up the Blind Loyalty Trust.

Newscast 1 - In our inaugural episode of the Loyalty Newscast we bring you the latest industry news, discuss proposed changes to the US credit card market, explore sports loyalty and ask what loyalty lessons we can all learn from Taylor Swift. With special guests Jill Goldword, Tom Cowgill, Marc Berman, and Guy Rosenhoiz. This newscast is brought to you by CoinBridge by Nayax.

Quick summary of our new Loyalty Podcast which will be launched later today.