Leaders in Customer Loyalty, Powered by Loyalty360

Send us a textAt the recent 2020 Loyalty360 Awards, Verizon Wireless came away as big winners. They took home the Platinum Award in the Program Partnership category, won the Gold in the Loyalty Program Design category, and won the Bronze Award in the 360-Degree for overall brand excellence.Recently, Mark Johnson, CEO of Loyalty360, spoke with Julia Russell, Director, Verizon Up Loyalty Program at Verizon, and Carrie Mastropaolo, Verizon Up Marketing Strategy, about the 2020 campaigns and what the future holds.

Send us a textAndras Szocs is the Senior Director and Head of Customer Programs and Center of Excellence for Salling Group, the largest retailer in Denmark, which serves over 11 million customers a week through its grocery store chains, coffee shops, restaurants, and department stores.Salling Group recently launched a new loyalty and rewards app and had major success from the start. Loyalty360 CEO Mark Johnson spoke with Szocs about the new programs and how they achieved their fast success.

Send us a textIvonne Kinser is Head of Digital Marketing and E-Commerce at Avocados From Mexico, the No. 1 selling brand of avocados in the U.S. The company was formed for the purpose of advertising, promotion, public relations, and research for all stakeholders of Avocados From Mexico.Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Avocados From Mexico is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association. Under agreements, MHAIA and the Mexican Avocado Producers and Packers have combined resources to fund and manage AFM, with the intent to provide a focused, highly- effective, and efficient marketing program in the United States.Loyalty360’s Ashley Kimball recently spoke with Kinser about their new loyalty and rewards program.

Send us a textIn Summer 2016, Chipotle tested a limited-time promotional program that appealed to its younger demographic. While the test went well, it wasn’t until Jason Scoggins, Chipotle’s Director of Loyalty and CRM, joined the Marketing Team in 2018 that Chipotle Rewards was initiated.Loyalty360 recently had the chance to sit down with Chipotle’s Jason Scoggins to discuss Chipotle Rewards, the brand’s commitment to customers, and how the program continues to exceed customer loyalty expectations.

Send us a textMegan Audette, Director of Advertising at Ally Financial, a leading digital financial-services company with $180 billion in assets. They are one of the largest full-service automotive finance operations in the country and offer a wide range of financial services and insurance products to automotive dealerships and consumers, as well as offering mortgage lending, personal lending, and a variety of deposit and other banking products.Ally took home a Platinum award in the Technology and Trends category, a Gold in the B2B Customer Loyalty category, and a Gold in the Customer Engagement and Advocacy category. On top of that, Ally received a Gold in the 360-Degree award for overall excellence by a brand in all of the categories.We spoke with Megan about the Technology and Trends category honor.

Send us a textJamie Russo is Vice President of Loyalty Programs and Customer Engagement at Choice Hotels International is one of the largest and most successful lodging franchisors in the world.Choice franchises 13 distinct brands that count more than 7,000 hotels, representing nearly 600,000 rooms in 45 countries and territories. Ranging from limited service to full-service hotels in the upscale, midscale, extended-stay, and economy segments, Choice-branded properties provide business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality, high-value lodging options throughout the United States and internationally.Loyalty360 CEO Mark Johnson spoke with Russo about the Choice Hotels loyalty program and their customer engagement practices.

Send us a textRaja Rajamannar is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Mastercard, but he has a warning for anyone else working who has the same CMO title as he.Rajamannar, who has authored a new book called Quantum Marketing (HarperCollins Leadership), points to recent studies amongst CEOs in which nearly 75% say they have no confidence in their CMOs, or in their marketing teams to be able to drive business growth.“Now that is a disaster,” Rajamannar told Loyalty360 CEO Mark Johnson in a video interview.

Send us a textAshley Leger leads the 2Chance program for Atlantic Lottery, an organization that operates lottery games in Atlantic Canada and is owned jointly by the four Atlantic provincial governments: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.Atlantic Lottery won a Bronze in the Loyalty Program Design at the recent Loyalty360 Awards in partnership with Splashdot. Mark Johnson, CEO of Loyalty360, recently spoke with Leger about their engagement program and the campaigns.

Send us a textCheckers and Rally’s recently developed a new mobile application and loyalty program for its restaurants, working in partnership with Paytronix.Mark Johnson, CEO of Loyalty360, spoke about the program with Josh Buchmann, the Senior Director of eCommerce and Guest Engagement at Checkers and Rally’s, which combined have just under 900 restaurants.

Send us a textHannaford is a 189-store supermarket chain based in Maine that operates stores in New England and New York. They recently won a Platinum award at the Employee Engagement and Impact category at the Loyalty360 annual awards.John Giaquinto, the Senior Director of Customer Loyalty, and Julie Girard, the Manager of Loyalty Marketing, recently spoke with Loyalty360’s Mark Johnson about the launch of their new digital loyalty program.