Loyalty Wired

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.

In this podcast we interview a global panel of GenZ consumers to find out what they want from loyalty. Who gets it right? Who gets it wrong? How can we engage this critical group of customers?

After years of slow decline in UK loyalty market has turned around over the last 2 years. In this podcast we review the latest research from Mando-Connect and YouGov and explore the reasons behind these changes with special guests Charlie Hills, Nick Fishbourne and James Davies.

In this podcast we explore the rise of Direct to Consumer business models and how loyalty can help brands build a direct relationship with consumers. With Jason Whiting of Lego and loyalty expert David Andreadakis we use brands like Nike, Adidas, Harley Davidson and Blackstone to illustrate points.

In tough times what do you do when the marketing budget is cut? What is your response? How do you make the case for investing in customers? In this episode we are joined by Melanie Van Rooy, of Clicks in South Africa, Phil Hawkins in Australia and Phil Rubin in Australia. A must listen in difficult times!