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The Convenience Story: 2020 C-Store Shopper Report Through a Loyalty Lens

If there were questions about the state of convenience stores during this tumultuous moment in time, the loyalty industry might have answers....

With the new addition of Walmart+, they might need to add more shopping carts!

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Walmart Challenges Amazon Prime With New Walmart+ Membership Program

A new player in the era of Amazon Prime Walmart continues to entrench itself further into the home delivery and subscription category,...

As the retail sector faces additional hurdles due to covid-19, brands are starting to focus on DTC distribution strategies.

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Strong Customer-Centric Brands Need to Consider Shifting More to DTC

The pandemic has seen most brands accelerating digital roadmaps that were already in place. This is true especially for retailers, as many were...

Private equity firms and investors have been harshly criticized, but are they really to blame for the retail apocalypse?

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How Do Private Equity Investors Really Impact the Retail Industry?

Myth-busting this uneasy relationship between private equity and retail with Tom Trkla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Brookwood Financial Partners LLC...

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Fuel Loyalty Program Members Purchase Way More Fuel Than Non-Members

People ask for loyalty program metrics on a regular basis. The hard numbers are not easy to obtain because most brands, for...

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Martech companies Mention Me and Ometria form partnership to revolutionise referral for leading retailers

Martech companies Mention Me and Ometria form partnership to revolutionise referral for leading retailers Referral marketing and customer retention platform Mention Me...

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Loyalty Programs and Exit Costs

GRINCH OR CUSTOMER ADVOCATE? The case against Loyalty Programs1 Consumers love Loyalty Programs, enrolling in many of them in the typical household...

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ampliFI Loyalty’s Real-Time Rewards Suite adds another solution – “Pay With Points” – Powered by ampliFI and first launched by UMB Bank

Naperville, Ill. – (August 18, 2020) – Financial institution cardholder loyalty-and-engagement leader, ampliFI Loyalty Solutions, continues their efforts in product innovation to...

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Standard to Provide Circle K with Autonomous Checkout

Global Fortune 500 retailer works with Standard to launch the world’s first convenience store retrofitted with AI technology SAN FRANCISCO and TEMPE,...