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Contents of The Loyalty Guide III

The Loyalty Guide III contains 900+ pages packed with new information, set out in 36 logically structured chapters, and bound in 2 easy-to-use parts...

Chapter list (see below for full contents)
1   · Executive summary
2   · The business case for loyalty
3   · The practice of customer loyalty
4   · Best customer marketing
5   · Pricing strategies
6   · Coalition and multipartner loyalty
7   · Loyalty & customer lifetime value
8   · CRM and one-to-one marketing
9   · Prepaid gift & loyalty cards
10 · Best practices and innovations
11 · Customer loyalty tools
12 · The loyalty token
13 · The loyalty reward
14 · Customer loyalty data
15 · Channels and communication
16 · Metrics, maths and analysis
17 · The human aspect of loyalty
18 · Loyal employee, loyal customer
19 · Loyalty on the internet
20 · Brand loyalty marketing
21 · Financial services sector
22 · Supermarket & grocery sector
23 · General retail sector
24 · Automotive sector
25 · Telecoms and mobile sectors
26 · Airlines & FFP sector
27 · Hotels & resorts sector
28 · General travel & tourism sector
29 · Food, drink & recreation sector
30 · Non-profit and other sectors
31 · Business to business loyalty
32 · Market sizing & valuation
33 · Market trends & forecasts
34 · Loyalty Probe results & analysis
35 · What the loyalty experts think
36 · The future of customer loyalty

1Executive summary
  
2 The business case
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 The key business benefits of a loyalty programme
2.1.2 The financial aspects of a loyalty programme
2.1.3 The challenges of changing markets and technologies
2.2 How a loyalty programme can pay back
2.2.1 Eight ways in which loyalty pays
2.3 Major factors influencing customer loyalty
2.3.1 Core offering
2.3.2 Satisfaction
2.3.3 Elasticity level
2.3.4 The marketplace
2.3.5 Demographics
2.3.6 Share of wallet
2.4 How a loyalty programme works
2.4.1 Keep your customers
2.4.2 Get new customers
2.4.3 Move customers up-segment
2.4.4 Deselect unprofitable customers
2.4.5 Recover defected customers
2.4.6 Increase Customer Lifetime Value
2.4.7 Best customer marketing
2.4.8 Build relationships
2.4.9 Create advocates
2.4.10 Adjust pricing levels
2.4.11 Respond to competitive challenges
2.4.12 Select stock lines effectively
2.4.13 Plan merchandising optimally
2.4.14 Reduce promotional and advertising costs
2.4.15 Select new trading sites
2.5 Five critical capabilities for gaining loyalty
2.5.1 Five prerequisites for earning customer loyalty
2.6 It's time to move up a level
2.6.1 Most households belong to a grocery loyalty programme
2.6.2 Loyalty programme membership: Gender bias
2.6.3 Loyalty programme membership: Age bias
2.6.4 Loyalty programme non-member characteristics
  
3 The practice of customer loyalty
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Customer loyalty insights
3.2.1 Select your customers
3.2.1.1 Start at the beginning
3.2.1.2 Manage acquisition and retention together
3.2.1.3 Profile those you want
3.2.1.4 Measure and increase customer lifetime value
3.2.2 Build customers' trust
3.2.2.1 How to maintain trust
3.2.2.2 A tool for assessing trust
3.2.3 Delight your customers
3.2.4 Factors affecting customer retention
3.2.5 Fire the worst customers
3.2.6 Give employees the tools
3.2.7 Customer centricity: doing the right thing
3.3 The secrets of success
3.3.1 Loyalty programmes are not a 'quick fix'
3.3.2 Accurate targeting
3.3.3 Gain consumer buy-in
3.3.4 Know your customers
3.3.5 Don't reward the wrong behaviour
3.3.6 Reward or recognise?
3.3.7 Spotting defection patterns
3.3.8 Customer lifecycles
3.3.9 Rewards must be seen to be attainable and affordable
3.3.10 Cost of programme must be recoverable
3.3.11 Good communications
3.3.12 Keep it simple
3.3.13 Results must be measurable
3.3.14 It should attract new customers
3.3.15 It should provide unique, hard-to-copy benefits
3.3.16 Empower the team
3.3.17 It should make life easy
3.4 Customer Engagement
3.4.1 Why engagement is essential
3.4.2 Main drivers of engagement
3.4.3 Engagement is the new differentiator
3.4.4 Four key insights for retail customer engagement
3.4.5 Eight rules for predictive engagement metrics
3.4.6 Online engagement
3.5 Main Strategies
3.5.1 Best Customer Marketing
3.5.2 Access Pricing
3.5.3 Multipartner programmes
3.5.4 Turnkey programmes
3.5.5 Bespoke programmes
3.5.6 CRM and One-to-One
3.5.7 Credit and debit card-based programmes
3.5.8 Stored value, prepaid and gift cards
3.5.9 Stealth programmes
3.5.10 Real-time targeting
3.5.11 Personal Relevance marketing (PRM)
3.6 Which sectors are best at customer retention?
3.7 The corporate view of a loyalty programme
  
4 Best customer marketing
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Long term or short term?
4.3 The case for Best Customer Marketing
4.3.1 A new concept?
4.3.2 The introduction of loyalty programmes
4.3.3 How many customers are really profitable?
4.3.4 Customer-focused marketing: the long term view
4.4 The properties of Best Customers
4.4.1 What are Best Customers?
4.4.2 What makes a Best Customer?
4.5 Customer segmentation
4.5.1 What segmentation involves
4.5.2 Methods of segmentation
4.5.2.1 RFM
4.5.2.2 Deciles or quintiles
4.5.2.3 Thresholds
4.5.2.4 Demographics
4.6 The direct approach to BCM
4.6.1 Introduction
4.6.2 The Continuity Company
4.7 Case studies: the results of true BCM campaigns
4.7.1 Case study: CTN retailer (Asia)
4.7.2 Case study: Convenience retailer (Europe)
4.7.3 Case study: Supermarket (USA)
4.7.4 Case study: Hypermarket (Italy)
  
5 Access pricing
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Pricing strategies
5.2.1 Hi-Lo pricing
5.2.2 Everyday low prices (EDLP)
5.2.3 Profit-up-front pricing (PUF)
5.2.4 Access Pricing
5.3 How Access Pricing works
5.3.1 The mechanics
5.3.2 Forced, intense interaction
5.3.3 Minimise price gap perception
5.3.4 Golden handcuffs
5.3.5 Favours regular customers
5.3.6 Meaningful Rewards
5.3.7 Differentiator
5.3.8 The Future of Access Pricing
5.3.9 Will it work?
5.4 What sectors could use Access Pricing?
5.4.1 Airlines
5.4.2 Office supplies
5.5 Case studies
5.5.1 Tidyman's (USA)
5.5.1.1 The reason for Access Pricing
5.5.1.2 Implementation of Access Pricing
  
6 Multi-partner loyalty programmes
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Coalition programmes
6.2.1 Why a coalition programme?
6.2.2 Essentials
6.2.2.1 Rapid market penetration
6.2.2.2 Ability to deliver attractive rewards
6.2.2.3 Need to be the first
6.2.2.4 Build reliable communication channels
6.2.3 Advantages of coalitions
6.2.4 Challenges of a coalition programme
6.2.4.1 What about the grocer?
6.2.4.2 Who owns the data?
6.2.4.3 Loyal to programme or partner?
6.2.4.4 Reputation
6.2.4.5 Difficult to pilot
6.2.5 Typical application areas
6.2.6 Expanding a single programme into a coalition
6.2.6.1 Taking it to the next level
6.2.6.2 Prerequisites of expanding the programme
6.3 Examples of coalition programmes
6.3.1 Case study: Air Miles (worldwide)
6.3.1.1 Air Miles (UK)
6.3.1.2 Air Miles (Canada)
6.3.1.3 Air Miles (Spain) - aka 'Travel Club'
6.3.1.4 Air Miles (Netherlands)
6.3.1.5 Air Miles (Middle East)
6.3.2 Advantage Card (Australia)
6.3.3 Case study: Aeroplan (Canada)
6.3.4 BonusLink (Malaysia)
6.3.5 Buy and Fly! (UK)
6.3.6 Carlson GoldPoints Plus (Global)
6.3.7 Carlson GoldPoints Reward Network (now closed)
6.3.8 Case study: eBucks (South Africa)
6.3.9 Case study: Fly Buys (New Zealand)
6.3.10 Case study: FlyBuys (Australia)
6.3.11 i-Mint (India)
6.3.12 Magna Rewards (Caribbean)
6.3.13 Case study: Malina (Russia)
6.3.14 Case study: Nectar (UK)
6.3.15 OKCashbag (South Korea)
6.3.16 Case study: Payback (Germany)
6.3.17 Premium Club (Poland)
6.3.18 Pulse (Australia)
6.3.19 R&R (Kenya)
6.3.20 Case study: S&H Greenpoints (USA)
6.3.21 SelektPoints (Middle East)
6.4 Town Cards
6.4.1 The Wedge Card (UK)
6.4.2 Smart Town Alliance (USA)
  
7 Loyalty, customer lifetime value & profitability
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 CLV is vital for strong customer relationships
7.1.1.1 Calculating the cost of keeping the customer
7.1.1.2 Four ways of improving customer profitability
7.2 How to calculate customer profitability
7.2.1 Individual customers and customer groups
7.2.2 Potential, existing, and defected customers
7.2.3 Past, actual, and future profitability
7.2.4 The RFM method
7.2.5 The CLV method
7.3 Calculation of CLV
7.3.1 The history of CLV
7.3.2 Definition of CLV
7.3.3 The formula for CLV
7.3.4 General concept of CLV
7.3.5 Understanding the concept of CLV
7.3.6 Examples of calculation of CLV
7.3.7 First CLV and Second CLV
7.3.8 CLV on a combination of customer loyalty and satisfaction
7.3.9 The Historic CLV method
7.3.10 Predictive CLV method
7.3.11 CLV as basis of strategy decisions
7.3.12 Market strategy and CLV
7.3.13 Case: Danish insurance company
7.4 CLV models and CLV systems (marketing ROI models)
7.5 How to get started with CLV
7.5.1 Can any organisation use CLV?
7.5.2 The objectives of calculating CLV
7.5.3 The ten steps
7.6 Loyalty and profitability in both theory and practice
7.6.1 Alternatives to an investment in customer loyalty
7.6.2 Loyalty and profitability: a hypothesis
7.6.3 Are generally accepted hypotheses always reliable?
7.6.4 Examples of different loyalty and profitability models
7.6.5 Segmentation (defining loyal and profitable customers)
7.6.6 The loyalty & profitability chain
7.6.7 Customer retention, customer attrition & customer lifetime
7.7 Drivers of loyalty & profitability, and correlations
7.7.1 Drivers of loyalty and profitability
7.7.2 Examples of correlations
7.7.3 Real loyalty, customer lifetime, and profitability
  
8 CRM and One-to-One
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The role of CRM in customer loyalty
8.3 The future of CRM
8.3.1 CRM software growth forecast
8.3.2 What the experts think about CRM and loyalty
8.3.3 Has the time come for CRM 2.0?
8.3.4 SMEs want a simpler approach to CRM
8.4 The CRM market
8.4.1 Projected growth areas for CRM
8.4.2 Measuring CRM's importance to companies
8.4.3 CRM spending to increase, but it's not all rosy
8.4.4 Western European CRM continues positive trend
8.4.5 CRM software vendors: Practice what you preach
8.4.6 Consumers force retailers to improve their customer view
8.5 Applications of CRM
8.5.1 CRM in the holiday resort market
8.5.2 Fine-tuning direct mail through CRM
8.6 Recent CRM developments
8.7 One-to-one marketing
8.7.1 One-to-one e-mail produces 1,537% response gain
8.7.2 One-to-one printed magazine doubles gross profit
8.7.3 Top class one-to-one: An example to follow
  
9 Gift cards
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Building loyalty with gift cards
9.2.1 How are gift cards best used?
9.2.2 Trends: people like them
9.2.2.1 People would rather have gift cards
9.2.2.2 Almost half prefer gift cards
9.2.2.3 Male teenagers buy gift cards
9.2.2.4 Hispanics buy higher denominations
9.2.2.5 Quarter of budget spent on gift cards
9.2.2.6 Most recipients spend cards on themselves
9.2.3 A growing favourite for the holiday season
9.3 Setting up a gift card
9.3.1 Nine key factors in setting up
9.3.2 Retail staff crucial to success
9.3.3 Success lies in solving customers' problems
9.3.4 Tracking and controlling spending
9.3.5 Success factors for launches in new markets
9.4 Potential pitfalls
9.4.1 Gift cards need tighter regulation
9.4.2 How many gift cards go unused?
9.4.3 Delayed redemption and expiry
9.5 Technologies and innovations
9.5.1 Givex and Transax integrate gift/loyalty card processing
9.5.2 New gift card programme for small businesses
9.5.3 eCount and Parago team up for real-time incentives
9.5.4 Givex adds loyalty/gift cards to ExaDigm
9.5.5 Catuity issues branded gift cards
9.5.6 Gift cards set to become Green, personal, and animated
9.5.7 Datacard updates gift and loyalty card systems
9.5.8 BB&T launches new gift cards for retailers
9.5.9 Grass Roots unveils sector-specific payment
9.5.10 Mellon launches non-banking gift cards in Greece
9.5.11 eCount unveils prepaid card for instant retail rebates
9.5.12 Innovative publisher adds DVD to gift cards
9.6 Prepaid card applications by sector
9.6.1 Financial
9.6.1.1 Bank adds BSP Rewards mall to prepaid cards
9.6.1.2 Gift cards for kids from American Express
9.6.1.3 Catuity launches Ameribanc gift card
9.6.1.4 Citi acquires gift card provider eCount
9.6.1.5 Norwich Union launches UK prepaid rewards
9.6.1.6 US Bank Issues Its 20 Millionth Gift Card
9.6.2 Retail
9.6.2.1 Roots launches gift card programme
9.6.2.2 Hbc offers gift cards in exchange for Air Miles
9.6.2.3 Canadian DIY chain launches gift cards
9.6.2.4 AEIS unveils electronic goods prepaid card
9.6.2.5 Bizou launches gift card programme
9.6.2.6 Shell launches gift card centres in forecourt shops
9.6.3 General
9.6.3.1 Trend Micro rewards partners with prepaid cards
9.6.3.2 Charter's loyalty gift card aims to reduce churn
9.6.3.3 ITEX awards Starbucks/ExxonMobil cards
9.6.3.4 Travelocity sells hotel gift cards as incentives
9.6.3.5 Quiznos launches personalised gift cards
9.6.3.6 CC's Coffee launches loyalty & gift card programme
9.6.3.7 Giftex Prepay membership doubles
9.6.3.8 American Idol gift card launches sweepstake
  
10 Best practices and innovations
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Loyalty programme best practices
10.2.1 Best practices to increase customer loyalty
10.2.2 Best practices to stop a loyalty scheme from stalling
10.2.3 Best practices for online customer loyalty
10.2.4 The six P's of customer loyalty marketing
10.3 Loyalty management best practices
10.3.1 Greater loyalty from easier product returns
10.3.2 Relationship model to predict customer loyalty
10.3.3 Customer Strategy Network builds loyalty library
10.3.4 South African points liability rules changed
10.4 Customer management best practices
10.4.1 Best practices for best customer management
10.4.2 Best practice to turn problems into advocacy
10.4.3 Customer management as a key sales driver
10.4.4 Customer win-back: A much-ignored best practice
10.5 Green marketing best practices
10.5.1 Best practices for green marketing
10.6 Marketing best practices
10.6.1 Why marketers are going back to basics
10.6.2 Best practices for assessing marketing channel profitability
10.7 Customer loyalty innovation
10.7.1 Loyalty innovation is alive and well, experts agree
10.7.2 Innovation is the hallmark of best-in-class retailers
10.7.3 In-store innovations make customer feel more valued
10.7.4 Building loyalty with 'surprise and delight'
10.7.5 FFP sign-up kiosk targets most profitable passengers
10.8 Kiosks and self-service innovation
10.8.1 Wise marketers ranked as best-in-class with kiosks
10.8.2 Using kiosks to help the Christmas shopping rush
10.8.3 Gift card 'malls' found to be highly profitable
10.8.4 RFID technology increases customer satisfaction
10.8.5 Concept bank branch adds RFID-enabled walls
10.8.6 Ukrop's rolls out one-to-one marketing kiosks
10.8.7 Adding loyalty card data to smart shopping carts
  
11 Loyalty tools
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Four critical failures in many loyalty platforms
11.3 Loyalty platforms
11.3.1 ACNielsen's loyalty and insights business unit
11.3.2 Bensur's mobile phone-based loyalty platform
11.3.3 Loyalty Lab's new brand loyalty platforms
11.3.4 Loyalty Lab's second-generation e-loyalty platform
11.4 Internet loyalty platforms
11.4.1 Harte-Hanks' upgraded e-marketing platform
11.4.2 CrownPeak's RSS-based web marketing platform
11.4.3 VeriSign's upgraded online brand protection tools
11.5 Loyalty management tools
11.5.1 LifeWorld launches loyalty management service
11.5.2 MediaTrac's upgraded platform for car dealers
11.5.3 Source upgrades the LoyaltyShare Network
11.6 Analytical tools
11.6.1 A loyalty programme ROI forecasting engine
11.6.2 New technologies to aid retail improvements
11.7 Business Intelligence (BI)
11.7.1 Business intelligence supports customer loyalty
11.7.2 Business intelligence supports customer retention
11.8 Kiosks and self-service tools
11.8.1 Pay By Touch's loyalty and gift card kiosk
11.8.2 Trident's frequent flyer programme kiosk
11.8.3 Spanish retail adopts self-checkout technology
11.8.4 Ukrop's adopts one-to-one marketing kiosks
11.8.5 HP's loyalty-enabled in-store sales kiosk
11.9 Smart card loyalty tools
11.9.1 Visa's tools for contactless card programmes
11.9.2 Phoenix steps up smart card loyalty in Canada
11.10 Gift card loyalty tools
11.10.1 Parago's gift card rewards platform
11.10.2 EFT Canada's gift card rewards platform
11.11 Other high-technology marketing tools
11.11.1 RFID mirror recommends fashion accessories
11.11.2 GPS units lead consumers to local discounts
11.11.3 Shoprite's shopping carts powered by loyalty data
11.11.4 Retailers target in-store ads by age and gender
  
12 The loyalty token
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The importance of the loyalty token
12.2.1 Smart cards vs magnetic stripe cards
12.3 Types of tokens
12.3.1 'No token' programmes
12.3.2 Stamps
12.3.3 Vouchers
12.3.4 Coupons
12.3.4.1 Drivers of coupon usage
12.3.4.1.1 US coupon usage in 2005
12.3.4.1.2 US coupon usage in 2006
12.3.4.1.3 Canadian coupon usage in 2006
12.3.4.1.4 Coupons: The effect of age, lifestage and wealth
12.3.4.1.5 Exploding the coupon redemption myths
12.3.4.1.6 What consumers really want from coupons
12.3.4.1.7 The popularity of coupons among consumers
12.3.4.2 Checkout-generated coupons
12.3.4.2.1 Catalina Marketing
12.3.4.2.2 Recent developments at Catalina
12.3.4.3 Other coupons
12.3.4.3.1 On-pack coupons
12.3.4.3.2 Betty Crocker discontinues on-pack couponing
12.3.4.3.3 Price Chopper's iSaveToday coupon kiosk
12.3.4.3.4 Max Card eco-friendly coupon card
12.3.4.4 Internet-based coupons
12.3.4.4.1 Q Interactive (CoolSavings)
12.3.4.4.2 Coupons Inc.
12.3.4.4.3 WebbyPlanet.com
12.3.4.4.4 Couponstar's CouponNet
12.3.5 Card-based programmes
12.3.5.1 Cards don't have to be plastic
12.3.5.2 Plain printed cards
12.3.5.3 Bar-coded cards
12.3.5.4 Magnetic stripe cards
12.3.5.5 PET cards
12.3.5.6 Visual cards
12.3.5.6.1 Thermochromic cards
12.3.5.6.2 Case Study: Visible Results GraphiCards
12.3.6 Smart cards
12.3.6.1 Boots Advantage Card (UK)
12.3.6.2 ComPass loyalty credit card (Hong Kong)
12.3.6.3 ProlifIC TonIC from Oberthur
12.3.6.4 Loyalty Access Solutions
12.3.7 Cardless loyalty
12.3.7.1 Peppercoin's small payments platform
12.3.7.2 The Loyalty Concept's loyalty platform
12.3.7.3 Reward.tv's cardless loyalty scheme
12.3.7.4 Contactless payments and loyalty
12.3.7.4.1 The future of contactless loyalty
12.3.7.4.2 Contactless card applications
12.3.7.4.2.1 Visa launches contactless Mini Card (USA)
12.3.7.4.2.2 Arby's adopts Express Pay (USA)
12.3.7.4.2.3 Chase's Blink cards (USA)
12.3.7.4.2.4 Welcome Real-Time's XLS platform (France)
12.3.7.4.2.5 MasterCard PayPass Tap & Go (USA)
12.3.7.5 RFID & NFC contactless technologies
12.3.7.5.1 The consumer's view of NFC technology
12.3.8 Mobile phone-based marketing
12.3.8.1 Will consumers accept mobile marketing?
12.3.8.2 Mobile Platforms
12.3.8.2.1 bCODE's mobile ticketing platform
12.3.8.2.2 Ping Mobile's SMS marketing platform
12.3.8.2.3 Visa's mobile payments & services platform
12.3.8.2.4 The Logic Group's POS-based SMS vouchers
12.3.8.2.5 Enpocket's mobile advertising platform
12.3.8.3 Mobile commerce consumer trials
12.3.8.3.1 JCB m-payments trial (Amsterdam)
12.3.8.3.2 Visa contactless & m-payments trial (USA)
12.3.8.3.3 MasterCard PayPass m-payments trial (Taiwan)
12.3.8.3.4 Cellular South's wireless wallet trial (USA)
12.3.8.3.5 JCB & Royal Group QUICPay (Japan)
12.3.8.3.6 BP adopts Enpocket mobile marketing (UK)
12.3.8.3.7 Financial Times mobile vouchers (UK)
12.3.8.3.8 NCR & ViVOtech's contactless terminals (USA)
12.3.8.3.9 MobileLime merges with Cuesol (USA)
12.3.8.3.10 Carlson Marketing partners with Enpocket (USA)
12.3.8.3.11 PayPoint's Shop, Scan, Save (UK)
12.3.9 Biometrics
12.3.9.1 Biometrics not suited to loyalty cards
12.3.9.2 A card with an integral fingerprint scanner
12.3.9.3 Case study: Pay By Touch (USA)
12.3.9.3.1 Green Hills Supermarket (USA)
12.3.9.3.2 Piggly Wiggly (USA)
12.3.9.3.3 Harris Teeter (USA)
12.3.9.3.4 Bread Box Stores (USA)
12.3.9.3.5 Midcounties Co-Op (UK)
12.3.9.3.6 Pathmark Stores (USA)
12.3.9.3.7 Zions First National Bank (USA)
12.3.9.3.8 Wallis Companies (USA)
12.3.9.3.9 Lowe's Pay and Save (USA)
12.3.9.3.10 Crooks Marketplace & Hit n' Run (USA)
12.3.9.3.11 Hy-Vee (USA)
12.3.9.3.12 Scott's Food & Pharmacy (USA)
12.3.9.3.13 Citibank (Singapore)
12.3.9.3.14 Thriftway Supermarkets (USA)
12.3.9.3.15 Jewel Osco supermarkets (USA)
12.3.9.3.16 Harps Food Stores (USA)
12.3.9.3.17 West Texas National Bank (USA)
12.3.9.3.18 Dorothy Lane (USA)
12.3.9.3.19 Shell (USA)
  
13 Loyalty rewards
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The value of rewards
13.3 The function of the reward
13.4 The properties of a good reward
13.5 Getting value from the reward
13.5.1 Lowering the loyalty budget without risking loyalty
13.5.2 The level of the reward
13.5.3 Leveraging the reward
13.6 Types of reward
13.6.1 Discounts
13.6.1.1 Untargeted discounts
13.6.1.2 Targeted discounts
13.6.2 Points-driven programmes
13.6.3 Soft rewards
13.7 Timing of rewards: instant or later?
13.8 What rewards do consumers really want?
13.8.1 What consumers think they want
13.8.2 What consumers actually want
13.9 Redemption
13.9.1 External redemption
13.9.2 Internal redemption
13.9.3 Reward 'hassle' a major turnoff
13.9.4 Unusual redemption options
13.10 How to plan a rewards catalogue
13.10.1 Strategy to drive redemptions and engagement
13.10.2 Major factors for 'high attraction' rewards
13.10.3 Matching the rewards with various point levels
13.10.4 Networked rewards
13.11 Research into loyalty rewards
13.11.1 Guilt influences reward choice
13.11.2 Close-fitting rewards work better
  
14 Customer loyalty data
14.1 The technology behind customer data
14.1.1 The importance of loyalty data collection
14.1.2 Database planning
14.1.3 Data processing and data flow
14.1.4 Data analysis to support business processes
14.1.5 Predictive analytics to drive change
14.1.6 Data warehouses
14.1.7 Data marts
14.2 Data collection: how, where, when, and why?
14.2.1 What data can or should be gathered?
14.2.2 How much data, and where to collect it
14.2.2.1 The application form
14.2.2.2 The web site
14.2.2.3 Third party sources
14.2.2.4 The EPOS terminal
14.2.2.5 Customer services
14.2.2.6 Repair/replacement centres
14.2.3 How long does data last?
14.2.4 Data duplication, accuracy, and cleansing
14.2.5 Data security and privacy
14.2.5.1 The impact of customer data loss
14.2.5.2 The impact of handling data incorrectly
14.2.5.3 How digital security issues affect brands
14.2.5.4 Personal data: A consumer trade-off
14.2.6 Data ethics policies
14.2.6.1 The importance of consumer choice
14.3 The benefits of data collection and analysis
14.3.1 How does data turn into loyalty?
14.3.2 Customer-related benefits
14.3.2.1 Customer behaviour profiling
14.3.2.2 Customer lifestyle & demographic profiling
14.3.2.3 Customer product preferences and repertoire
14.3.2.4 Product category relationships & cross-selling
14.3.2.5 Pricing
14.3.2.6 Online shopping suggestions
14.3.3 Segmentation and the customer base
14.3.3.1 Segmentation by various attributes
14.3.3.2 Customer lifetime value (CLV)
14.3.3.3 Recency, Frequency, Monetary value (RFM)
14.3.3.4 Customer tiering
14.3.3.5 Customer base analysis and prediction
14.3.3.6 Customer flow analysis
14.3.3.7 Share-of-wallet estimation
14.3.3.8 Market share estimation
14.3.3.9 Examples of how airlines benefit from FFP data
14.3.4 Best customers, defectors and win-back
14.3.4.1 Best customer marketing
14.3.4.2 Early defector detection
14.3.4.3 Win-back opportunities
14.3.4.4 Lower cost competitive response
14.3.5 Customer targeting and differentiation
14.3.5.1 Advertising campaign targeting
14.3.5.2 Circular efficiency
14.3.5.3 Offer planning and promotion analysis
14.3.5.4 Differentiated marketing
14.3.5.5 Intelligent deselection
14.3.5.6 Green targeting to save costs & the planet
14.3.5.7 Loyalty based on insights from customer data
14.3.5.7.1 Customer insights come from loyalty data
14.3.5.7.2 How industry collaboration increases insight
14.3.6 Planning and merchandising
14.3.6.1 Human resources planning
14.3.6.2 Geographical store site selection
14.3.6.3 Inventory rationalisation & selection
14.3.6.4 Planogram adjacencies & merchandising
14.3.7 Business intelligence from raw data
14.3.7.1 Differentiation based on the use of data
14.3.7.2 Data mining software
14.3.7.3 Counting on the internet clickstream
14.3.7.4 Real-time data mining
14.3.7.5 The benefits of a single customer view
14.3.7.6 OLAP, MOLAP, ROLAP and Magic Cubes
14.3.7.7 Prediction based on past behaviour
14.3.7.8 Data mining and analysis tools
14.3.7.9 Practical application of business intelligence
14.3.7.9.1 High ROI from good business intelligence
14.3.7.10 Affinity marketing
14.3.7.11 Predictive modelling
14.3.8 Conclusion on the benefits of loyalty data
  
15 Effective communication
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Customer communication best practices
15.2.1 Relationships are built on communication
15.2.2 Greater loyalty from the personal touch
15.2.3 Consumers' preferred communication channels
15.2.4 Communications that drive satisfaction
15.3 The web channel
15.3.1 Web-based marketing increases sharply
15.3.2 A web marketing opportunity for CPGs
15.3.3 Online communities & social networks
15.3.3.1 The impact of online communities on loyalty
15.3.3.2 What makes an online community?
15.3.3.3 Consumer buy-in
15.3.3.4 Creation and partnering
15.3.3.5 Direct and mutual support
15.3.3.6 Community-specific e-mail
15.3.4 Web advertising techniques
15.3.5 Consumer generated media, reviews & feedback
15.3.5.1 Online customer reviews generate most trust
15.3.5.2 Consumer generated media gains influence
15.3.5.3 Do consumer generated adverts really work?
15.3.5.4 Consumers voice their views on the web
15.3.6 Blogging
15.3.6.1 Effective corporate blogging
15.3.6.2 The ethics of blogging laid out clearly
15.3.6.3 Brand-sponsored blogs: extreme word of mouth?
15.4 The e-mail channel
15.4.1 E-mail best practices
15.4.1.1 E-mail readability best practices
15.4.1.2 E-mail relevance best practices
15.4.1.3 Transactional e-mail best practices
15.4.1.4 Driving customer loyalty through e-mail
15.4.2 The impact of ignoring best practices
15.4.2.1 Consumers have no time for bad e-mail
15.4.2.2 Brand damage from slow e-mail responses
15.4.2.3 Companies at risk from bad e-mail strategy
15.4.3 E-mail's place in the marketing mix
15.4.4 Be sure about the target audience
15.4.5 Optimising open and click-through rates
15.4.6 E-mail deliverability and monitoring
15.4.7 Winning back unresponsive e-mail contacts
15.4.8 Issues with the technology for e-mail marketing
15.4.9 Opt-in and opt-out: Ethics and the law
15.4.10 Spams, scams and consumer confidence
15.5 Loyalty through the mobile channel
15.5.1 Best practices for mobile marketing
15.5.2 Consumers embrace mobile marketing at last
15.5.3 Mobile marketing set to explode in Europe
15.5.4 Mobile advertising: A bright future?
15.5.5 NFC makes mobile marketing contactless
15.6 Direct mail
15.6.1 Direct mail best practices
15.6.1.1 Best practices for getting the message across
15.6.1.2 Best practices for targeting and content
15.6.1.3 Maximising the ROI on direct mail
15.6.2 Direct mail tricks to improve effectiveness
15.6.2.1 Transactional direct mail: Bills & statements
15.6.2.2 Hand-written notes still win consumers over
15.6.2.3 Pre-printed inserts generate emotional bonds
15.6.3 The current state of direct mail
15.7 Word of Mouth (WOM)
15.7.1 Word of Mouth best practices
15.7.1.1 Brand building with WOM campaigns
15.7.1.2 The ethics of WOM campaigns
15.7.2 The global spread of word of mouth
15.8 Call Centres
15.8.1 Technology: networked and virtual call centres
15.8.2 In-house vs. outsourced call centres
15.8.3 Best practices
15.8.3.1 How to make call centres more friendly
15.8.3.2 Motivate call centre agents to build loyalty
15.8.3.3 Call centres can boost loyalty, sales & profit
15.9 Kiosks and self-service
15.9.1 Loyalty marketing kiosks in retail stores
15.9.2 Frequent flyers sign up at lounge-based kiosks
15.9.3 Shopping mall kiosks win consumers' favour
15.9.4 The benefits of web-based self service
15.10 In-store communications
15.10.1 Digital screens and cameras aid retail targeting
15.10.2 Retail window projections increase footfall
15.11 Advertising channels
15.11.1 Contactless posters: The advert of the future?
15.11.2 Personally tailored TV adverts impress consumers
15.11.3 Viral video advertising spans UK and USA
15.11.4 Sponsored internet advertising's success
15.11.5 Mobile advert platform introduces smart filtering
15.11.6 In-game advertising
15.11.7 Traditional printed media channels
15.11.7.1 Sunday newspaper advertising inserts
15.11.7.2 Vertical market trade press
  
16 Maths and analysis
16.1 The calculation of customer loyalty
16.1.1 How to measure customer loyalty successfully
16.1.2 The importance of customer-centric metrics
16.2 Measuring loyalty - the metrics
16.2.1 Patronage ratio
16.2.2 Switching ratio
16.2.3 Budget ratio (share of wallet)
16.2.4 Enis-Paul Index
16.2.5 Retention rate & churn
16.2.6 Customer Lifetime
16.2.7 Net Promoter Score (NPS)
16.2.7.1 Four key elements of the Net Promoter discipline
16.2.7.2 NPS versus customer loyalty: the ongoing debate
16.2.7.3 NPS highlights credit union customer loyalty trend
16.2.8 Attitudinal equity: a powerful brand loyalty metric
16.3 Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
16.4 Practical statistics
16.4.1 The mean
16.4.2 The median
16.4.3 The mode
16.4.4 Variance
16.4.5 Standard deviation
16.5 Management reports and tools
16.5.1 The Bathtub report
16.5.2 The Decile report (RFM/RFS)
16.5.3 The Quo Vadis Retention report
16.5.4 The New Member Frequency Report
16.5.5 The Cardholders' Summary Report
16.6 RFM segmentation
16.6.1 Traditional: 125 cells
16.6.2 Reduced: 27 cells
16.6.3 Flexible: 8 cells
  
17 Don't forget the humans
17.1 Introduction
17.2 There's no single way to win loyalty
17.2.1 Who holds the loyalty cards, and why
17.2.2 Are retail relationships still a reality?
17.2.3 More consumers are buying based on corporate ethics
17.2.4 Why precision marketing leads to greater loyalty
17.3 The psychology of loyalty
17.3.1 Why customers are switching, and how to reduce churn
17.3.2 The top ten factors that make or break consumer trust
17.3.3 Why customers carry shoppers cards - and why not
17.3.4 Major drivers of customer churn and their solutions
17.4 The influence of rewards on loyalty
17.4.1 Do reward programmes really increase frequency?
17.4.2 Everyday rewards or special treats?
17.5 The influence of age on loyalty
17.5.1 Using cause branding as a loyalty strategy
17.5.2 Older consumers may not be as loyal as you think
17.6 Gender and loyalty
17.6.1 Women not redeeming with loyalty credit cards
17.6.2 The effect of gender and age on retail problems
17.7 Race and loyalty
17.7.1 Americans' attitudes to loyalty cards
17.8 Wealth and loyalty
17.8.1 The drivers of upscale department store loyalty
17.9 Price and loyalty
17.9.1 Store-loyal bargain hunters most profitable
17.9.2 Offers still essential for loyal grocery customers
17.9.3 Price cited as 'most important' to online loyalty
17.9.4 Savvy consumers want value as well as rewards
17.10 Satisfaction and loyalty
17.10.1 High satisfaction and retention rates linked
17.10.2 The difference between satisfaction and delight
17.10.3 The negative impact of satisfaction on loyalty
17.10.4 Too many options make retention more difficult
17.11 Service and loyalty
17.11.1 Customer service still a key differentiator
17.11.2 Shoppers show most loyalty to good service
17.11.3 Good service cements loyalty
17.11.4 Poor service loses 16% of customers
17.11.5 Cautious shoppers want service for loyalty
17.11.6 Customer-centric marketers see a higher ROI
17.12 Customer experiences and loyalty
17.12.1 Bad customer service, disloyalty, and the way ahead
17.12.2 Poor service encouraging UK consumers to defect
17.12.3 Bad service makes 54% of Middle East customers leave
17.12.4 Who is complaining and churning in the UK?
17.12.5 Positive customer experiences 'worryingly rare'
17.13 The internet and loyalty
17.13.1 Repeat visitors are 8 times more likely to buy online
17.14 Green and loyalty
17.14.1 Green is a model for genuine engagement
  
18 Employee loyalty
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Loyal employees make loyal customers
18.2.1 Loyalty often starts with a helpful employee
18.2.2 Why knowledgeable staff are better than loyalty schemes
18.2.3 How managers affect staff and customer experiences
18.2.4 The best customer service asset is staff
18.2.5 Employee rewards: a missing link for loyalty
18.2.6 Retail study finds sales assistants causing defections
18.2.7 It's the attitude that counts
18.2.8 Cross functional account managers are vital to loyalty
18.2.9 Hilton shows link between staff training and loyalty
18.2.10 Mass merchandisers' staff smile more for customers
18.2.11 Starbucks' five core principles for success
18.3 Employee engagement
18.3.1 Only 20% of employees are engaged in their job
18.3.2 Seven key indicators of employee engagement
18.3.3 Key drivers of and levels of employee engagement
18.3.4 Strategic direction brings engagement
18.4 Employee Defection
18.4.1 High-risk employees outnumber the truly loyal
18.4.2 Why employees defect: the mismatched perceptions
18.5 Employees in the workplace
18.5.1 Six key employer misconceptions
18.5.2 Loyalty varies by generation
18.6 Retention aids and driving performance
18.6.1 Stress management is key to retention
18.6.2 Retaining new employees is key
18.6.3 Two top ways of retaining employees
18.6.4 Empower employees to solve problems
18.6.5 Retail labour management can drive performance
18.7 Incentives
18.7.1 Different rewards for different employee types
18.7.2 Short-term or long-term rewards?
18.7.3 The say/do gap
18.8 Employee reward providers
18.8.1 Maritz Incentives (Global)
18.8.2 Globoforce (Global)
18.8.3 Compliments Card (UK)
18.8.4 Centive (USA)
18.8.5 FanBox (Canada)
18.9 Employee rewards initiatives
18.9.1 The Logic Group (UK)
18.9.2 Asda (UK)
18.9.3 SEAT (Ireland)
  
19 Loyalty on the internet
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Internet loyalty insights
19.2.1 Opportunities for online retail loyalty abound
19.2.2 Online shoppers need the right incentives
19.2.3 Rewards-based sites refer more engaged customers
19.2.4 A positive online retail trend
19.3 Internet loyalty initiatives
19.3.1 Case study: Points.com (USA/Canada)
19.3.2 Case study: iPoints (UK)
19.3.3 Case study: Pigsback (Ireland/UK)
19.3.4 Nectar e-Stores (UK)
19.3.5 Other internet loyalty initiatives
19.3.5.1 Online mall customised for loyalty schemes
19.3.5.2 Online mall rewards eco-friendly loyalty
19.3.5.3 Rewards for India's online gamers
19.3.5.4 Online loyalty scheme for American Hispanics
19.3.5.5 Microsoft launches Office Live Rewards scheme
19.3.5.6 Online IT community launches with member rewards
19.3.5.7 Rewards for viewing online advertising
19.4 Internet loyalty marketing platforms
19.4.1 Affinion's points-based online shopping platform
19.4.2 GreasyPalm's white label e-rewards platform
19.4.3 Loyalty Lab & ePrize co-develop loyalty systems
19.5 Web 2.0
19.5.1 Web 2.0 and its effect on customer relationships
19.5.1.1 What is Web 2.0, and is it really useful?
19.5.1.2 How Web 2.0 can improve customer relationships
19.5.1.3 Web 2.0 relationship drivers and barriers
19.5.1.4 Web 2.0's effect on customer engagement
19.5.2 Social networking
19.5.2.1 The true marketing value of social networks
19.5.2.2 How to engage consumers through social networks
19.5.2.3 Linking loyalty to a social network: a good example
19.5.3 Consumer generated content
19.5.3.1 Online consumer reviews affect offline sales
19.5.3.2 User generated content affects customer satisfaction
19.6 Loyalty from search marketing
19.6.1 Search engine rewards brand loyalty
19.6.2 Search engine rewards its regular users
19.6.3 Shopping comparison site rewards user loyalty
19.6.4 Grocery shopping comparison site rewards loyalty
  
20 Brand loyalty
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Brand loyalty strategy
20.2.1 The key drivers of brand loyalty
20.2.2 Brand loyalty goes beyond satisfaction
20.2.3 Brands with 'soul' gain more loyalty
20.2.4 Branded experiences drive greater loyalty
20.2.5 CPG brands find loyalty in customer-centricity
20.3 Brand marketing strategy
20.3.1 Forming a more effective brand strategy
20.3.2 Brand building through online communities
20.3.3 Should brand control ever be surrendered?
20.3.4 Predicting the impact of brand marketing
20.4 Branding best practices
20.4.1 5 steps for creating a stronger brand
20.4.2 The 4 rules of online branding ethics
20.4.3 12 steps for boosting the corporate brand
20.4.4 Using web sites to boost the brand image
20.4.5 Brand equity linked to company value
20.5 Successful brand strategies
20.5.1 US brand leaders
20.5.2 Canadian brand leaders
20.5.3 South African brand leaders
20.5.4 Retail brands outperforming CPG brands
20.5.5 One-stop-shops and web brands succeed
20.6 Brand threats and how to fight them
20.6.1 The most common rebranding mistakes
20.6.2 Excessive choice damages brand loyalty
20.6.3 Globalisation and multi-channel brand threats
20.6.4 Brand threat from online 'cyber squatters'
20.6.5 Country of origin becomes big brand issue
20.6.6 Growing recall rate damages big brands
20.6.7 Private label set to replace many US brands
  
21 Financial Services
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Loyalty's effect on financial services
21.2.1 Customer loyalty insights and research
21.2.1.1 Ten key loyalty insights affecting financial services
21.2.1.2 The value of the financial services loyalty market
21.2.1.3 Customer privacy and trust still a major issue
21.2.2 Credit card loyalty insights
21.2.2.1 Credit card satisfaction led by American Express
21.2.2.2 Card issuers spending 70% on loyalty benefits
21.2.2.3 How credit card issuers can improve customer retention
21.2.2.4 Loyalty's role in choosing between credit or debit payment
21.2.2.5 Frequent flyer credit card deals to accelerate
21.2.3 Debit card loyalty
21.2.3.1 Why consumers prefer loyalty-based debit cards
21.2.3.2 People prefer debit cards for grocery shopping
21.2.4 Affinity card loyalty
21.2.4.1 State of the affinity & co-branded card market
21.2.4.2 Affinity credit cards lose ground in the UK
21.2.5 Banking loyalty
21.2.5.1 Loyalty marketing proves helpful to bank growth
21.2.5.2 Ways for banks to increase loyalty and advocacy
21.2.5.3 Bank cards to depend on loyalty offerings soon
21.2.5.4 Main drivers of banking loyalty
21.2.5.5 Banks take churn risk with poor online service
21.2.5.6 Banking loyalty initiatives
21.2.6 ATMs and kiosks
21.2.6.1 The ATM's impact on banking loyalty
21.2.6.2 Credit card/loyalty kiosks: The next big thing?
21.2.7 Internet banking
21.2.8 Credit union loyalty
21.3 Card issuers
21.3.1 MasterCard (Global)
21.3.2 Visa (Global)
21.3.3 American Express (Global)
21.3.4 Bank of America (USA)
21.3.5 Barclays Bank / Barclaycard (UK)
21.3.6 Chase (USA)
21.3.7 Citi (Global)
21.3.8 Discover (USA)
21.3.9 Garanti Bank (Turkey)
21.3.10 GE (USA)
21.3.11 HSBC (Global)
21.3.12 Lloyds TSB (UK)
21.3.13 MBNA (Global)
21.3.14 RBC (Canada)
21.3.15 Scotiabank (Canada/USA)
21.3.16 TD Bank (Canada)
21.3.17 US Bank (USA)
21.3.18 Wells Fargo (USA)
21.3.19 Case study: Samsung Card, Korea
21.4 Micro-investment reward programmes
21.4.1 Upromise college savings (USA)
21.4.2 Futura Rewards/KidsFutures college savings (Canada)
21.4.3 Vesdia's micro-investment reward programmes
21.4.3.1 BabyMint college savings (USA)
21.4.3.2 NestEggz retirement savings (USA)
  
22 Supermarkets
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Three main strategies
22.3 Supermarket & grocery loyalty insights
22.3.1 The grocery loyalty card's effect on customer behaviour
22.3.2 Differentiation of competing supermarkets
22.3.3 What grocery shoppers really want in-store
22.3.4 What young consumers want from supermarkets
22.3.5 Shoppers prefer long hours to loyalty programmes
22.3.6 Grocery shoppers' preferred payment methods
22.4 Supermarket & grocery loyalty best practices
22.4.1 Grocery loyalty cards fail to hit the target
22.4.2 Four kinds of supermarket shopper behaviour
22.5 The exit strategy
22.5.1 How and why Delvita dropped its loyalty card
22.5.2 How and why Safeway dropped its loyalty card
22.6 EDLP (Every Day Low Prices)
22.6.1 Customers prefer EDLP to points
22.6.2 Case study: Asda (UK)
22.7 Supermarket loyalty around the world
22.7.1 United Kingdom
22.7.1.1 Case study: Tesco (Clubcard) - coalition
22.7.1.1.1 Recent developments at Dunnhumby
22.7.1.2 Case study: Sainsbury's (Nectar) - coalition
22.7.1.3 Case study: Co-op (Dividend)
22.7.1.4 Somerfield (Saver Card)
22.7.1.5 UK supermarkets' market shares
22.7.2 USA
22.7.2.1 Case study: Big Y
22.7.2.3 Wal-Mart
22.7.2.4 Safeway
22.7.2.5 Ukrop's
22.7.2.6 Giant Food
22.7.2.7 Foodtown
22.7.2.8 Fuel Rewards
22.7.2.9 Savings programmes
22.7.3 Canada
22.7.3.1 Case study: Canadian Tire Money (coalition)
22.7.4 Australia
22.7.4.1 Case study: Coles Myer/Shell (fuel discounts)
22.7.4.2 Case Study: Independent Grocers of Australia (fuel discounts)
22.7.5 New Zealand
22.7.5.1 Case study: Foodtown/Woolworths (loyalty card)
22.8 Other supermarket loyalty developments
22.8.1 India: supermarket uses fuel to win trade
22.8.2 Cape Cod: grocery adopts mobile loyalty
22.8.3 Meijer surprises customers with discounts
22.8.4 HotelPoints works well for Irish grocer
22.8.5 Chevy Chase tries mobile marketing
22.8.6 Three grocers join Futura Rewards (KidsFutures)
22.8.7 Grocery loyalty card adds payment option
22.8.8 Price Chopper tries one-to-one couponing
22.8.9 ShopRite Rewards gets its own credit card
  
23 General retail
23.1 Introduction
23.2 General retail loyalty insights
23.2.1 The consumer's attitude to retail loyalty cards
23.2.2 Drivers of consumers' retail choices
23.2.3 The consumer benefits of a retail loyalty card
23.2.4 Global retail growth predictions
23.2.5 Retailers not meeting consumers' basic needs
23.2.6 Beauty retailers turn to relationship marketing
23.2.7 New shopping habits mean new strategies
23.2.8 The future of Russia's retail landscape
23.3 Department stores and apparel
23.3.1 Case study: Neiman Marcus InCircle Rewards (USA)
23.3.2 Hbc Rewards developments
23.3.3 Nordstrom (USA)
23.4 Entertainment and electronics
23.4.1 Brazin Group (Australia)
23.4.2 Best Buy (USA & Canada)
23.4.3 Virgin (USA)
23.5 Pharmacies and drugstores
23.5.1 Case study: Boots Advantage Card (UK)
23.5.2 CVS/Pharmacy (USA)
23.6 Home improvement & DIY
23.6.1 Case study: AdvantageCard (Australia)
23.6.2 Home Depot (USA)
23.7 Book sellers
23.7.1 Book Of the Month Club (USA)
23.7.2 Borders Rewards (USA)
23.7.3 Barnes & Noble (USA)
23.7.4 Doubleday Book Club (USA)
23.8 Other retail loyalty initiatives
23.8.1 Case study: Staples Easy Rebates (USA)
23.8.2 Case study: Jet Club (South Africa)
23.8.3 1-800-Flowers launches Petal points
23.8.4 Farmer Jack revives Bonus Savings Card
23.8.5 OfficeMax steps up in-store loyalty efforts
23.8.6 Office Depot launches loyalty programme
23.8.7 Why CompUSA closed its loyalty scheme
23.8.8 Sears Club's enhanced loyalty offering
23.8.9 Russian retailer X5 launches loyalty scheme
23.8.10 Al Tayer launches UAE loyalty scheme
23.8.11 Club DLM upgraded with loyalty kiosks
23.8.12 Drug Fair & Cost Cutter launch loyalty scheme
23.8.13 Shopko Stores launches loyalty scheme
  
24 Automotive loyalty
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Automotive loyalty insights
24.2.1 Automotive brand loyalty and choice
24.2.1.1 Drivers of automotive brand choice
24.2.1.2 Key factors for automotive brand loyalty
24.2.1.3 Trends characterising automotive brand loyalty
24.2.1.4 Customer retention
24.2.2 Car dealers' impact on customer loyalty
24.2.2.1 Customer management
24.2.2.2 Driving repeat business
24.2.3 Threats to automotive brands
24.2.3.1 Car buyers' price preferences
24.2.3.2 Ethnic customer loyalty still at risk
24.2.3.3 Multi-channel strategies are failing
24.3 Car buyer loyalty initiatives
24.3.1 Chrysler
24.3.1.1 ClubMom offers points for Chryslers and Jeeps
24.3.1.2 Aeroplan miles for Chryslers
24.3.1.3 Canada: Chrysler's loyalty credit cards
24.3.2 Truck owner loyalty
24.3.2.1 Kenworth's truck owner privileges
24.3.2.2 Volvo Trucks USA
24.3.3 CSK Auto parts
24.3.4 RBC Visa points for Toyota cars
24.4 Car buyer engagement initiatives
24.4.1 Honda - web blogging community
24.4.2 Jeep - Camp Jeep event
24.4.3 Mini - Personalised billboard marketing
24.5 Car buyer incentives
24.5.1 Chrysler - student and staff pricing
24.5.2 Incentives led by Europe and Japan
24.5.3 Bigger incentives for fuel-hungry vehicles
24.5.4 Use of incentives becoming more careful
24.6 Automotive B2B loyalty
24.6.1 Case study: ARBL, India
24.7 Fuel retail loyalty schemes
24.7.1 BP - Nectar
24.7.2 Centego - Fuel Rewards
24.7.3 Coles Myer - Fuel Discounts
24.7.4 eCount - Fuel Card
24.7.5 Esso/Exxon
24.7.5.1 Esso Extra (Canada)
24.7.5.2 Exxon Smiles Driver Rewards (Singapore)
24.7.6 Indian Oil - XtraRewards
24.7.7 Shell - Drivers Club / credit cards
24.7.8 Texaco - We.O.U
24.7.9 TruCash - Future Card
24.7.10 Other fuel retail developments
24.7.10.1 Bread Box: Biometric fuel payment incentive
24.7.10.2 Lukoil: Co-branded credit card
24.7.10.3 Gas Station TV
  
25 Telecoms and Utilities
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Loyalty to telecoms operators
25.2.1 Customer experience as a differentiator
25.2.2 Customers want a consistent experience
25.2.3 Customer respect as a differentiator
25.2.4 Calling card operators offer bigger rewards
25.2.5 Case Study: Nortel, India (B2B)
25.3 Loyalty to mobile service providers
25.3.1 Drivers of mobile network loyalty and churn
25.3.2 Mobile networks not meeting B2B needs
25.3.3 Consumers want to feel more valued
25.3.4 Canadian mobile telcos set a good example
25.3.5 New churn model aids mobile network loyalty
25.3.6 Segmentation drives mobile service renewals
25.4 Mobile service providers' loyalty initiatives
25.4.1 Virgin Mobile
25.4.2 South African network operators
25.4.3 Vodafone Germany joins PayBack
25.4.4 Hutch launches m-coupon incentives
25.4.5 LetsTalk rewards handset recyclers
25.4.6 Boost Mobile uses CRM to customise VIP treatment
25.4.7 SkyMiles Wireless offers extra airline miles
25.4.8 Loyalty miles encourage international roaming
25.4.9 TxtTunes rewards spending with Creditz
25.4.10 DTAC launches postpaid mobile loyalty scheme
25.4.11 Fido launches mobile loyalty scheme
25.5 Mobile payments with NFC technology
25.5.1 How mobile payments and NFC technology work
25.5.2 Mobile NFC payment trials
25.5.2.1 JCB m-payments trial (Amsterdam)
25.5.2.2 Visa contactless & m-payments trial (USA)
25.5.2.3 MasterCard PayPass m-payments trial (Taiwan)
25.6 Other mobile payments developments
25.6.1 Generations X and Y slow to adopt m-payments
25.6.2 Potential barriers to m-payment technologies
25.6.3 PayPal moves into the m-payments space
25.6.4 Creditz moves into the m-payments space
25.7 Loyalty via the mobile channel
25.7.1 Mobile loyalty insights
25.7.1.1 Key benefits of the mobile channel
25.7.1.2 Building engagement via the mobile channel
25.7.1.3 Build mobile loyalty before consumers get too old
25.7.2 Using the mobile handset as a loyalty card
25.7.2.1 Mobile phones: The loyalty cards of the future
25.7.2.2 Loyalty cards added to NFC-enabled handsets
25.7.3 MobileLime's mobile loyalty platform
25.7.4 Other mobile loyalty developments
25.7.4.1 Financial Times m-coupon scheme (UK)
25.7.4.2 RocketBux mobile advertising platform (USA)
25.7.4.3 StreamThru airline updates & adverts (UK)
25.7.4.4 MasterCard Nearby localised information (USA)
25.7.4.5 RoadChef diner loyalty scheme (UK)
25.7.4.6 SunCom Wireless handset rewards (USA)
25.7.4.7 Citibank regional m-coupon service (Malaysia)
25.7.4.8 Puca mobile advertising platform (Ireland)
  
26 Airlines and frequent flyer programmes
26.1 Introduction
26.2 Frequent flyers - the latest research
26.2.1 The influence of travel loyalty programmes
26.2.1.1 Travel loyalty schemes prompt cross-selling
26.2.1.2 Participation levels in travel loyalty schemes
26.2.2 Factors affecting travellers' choice of airline
26.2.2.1 Segmentation of loyalty data drives response
26.2.2.2 Consumers' most valued airline/FFP benefits
26.2.3 Consumer's most wanted airline/FFP improvements
26.2.4 Why travel points and miles are going unclaimed
26.2.5 FFPs set to expand with credit card partnerships
26.3 Frequent flyer programmes
26.3.1 Air Berlin (Top Bonus)
26.3.2 Air Canada (Aeroplan)
26.3.3 Air France & KLM (Flying Blue)
26.3.4 Air New Zealand (Airpoints)
26.3.5 Alaska Airlines (Mileage Plan)
26.3.6 America West (FlightFund)
26.3.7 American Airlines (AAdvantage)
26.3.8 Bangkok Airways (FlyerBonus)
26.3.9 British Airways (Executive Club)
26.3.10 China Southern Airlines (Sky Pearl Club)
26.3.11 Continental (One Pass)
26.3.12 Delta Airlines (SkyMiles)
26.3.13 Emirates (Skywards)
26.3.14 Etihad Airways (Etihad Guest)
26.3.15 Frontier Airlines (EarlyReturns)
26.3.16 Hawaiian Air (HawaiianMiles)
26.3.17 Jet Airways (JPMiles)
26.3.18 JetBlue (TrueBlue)
26.3.19 Kingfisher Airlines (Power Flyer)
26.3.20 Lufthansa (Miles & More)
26.3.21 Malaysia Airlines (Enrich & Grads)
26.3.22 Midwest Airlines (Midwest Miles)
26.3.23 Northwest Airlines (WorldPerks)
26.3.24 Qatar Airways (Privilege Club)
26.3.25 SN Brussels Airlines (Privilege)
26.3.26 South African Airways (Voyager)
26.3.27 Southwest Airlines (Rapid Rewards)
26.3.28 United Air Lines (Mileage Plus)
26.3.29 US Airways (Dividend Miles)
26.3.30 Virgin Atlantic (Flying Club)
26.3.31 Virgin Blue (Velocity Rewards)
26.3.32 Virgin Express (Flight Club)
26.4 Other frequent flyer developments
26.4.1 Keeping passengers informed with text messages
26.4.2 BAA WorldPoints: New operator, new look
26.4.3 GlobalPass updates online loyalty features
26.4.4 Frequent flyer programmes adopt mobile marketing
26.4.5 AeroMexico taps into national football team loyalty
26.4.6 EasyJet launches 1-2-3 Rewards credit card
  
27 Hotels, resorts and casinos
27.1 Introduction
27.2 Hotel & resort loyalty insights
27.2.1 How a hotel brand can become the favourite
27.2.2 Encouraging guests to report problems
27.2.3 How luxury hotels build loyalty with good CRM
27.2.4 Technology usage differentiates most loyal guests
27.2.5 Challenges of hotel loyalty on the internet
27.3 Hotel & resort loyalty initiatives
27.3.1 Best Western (Gold Crown Club)
27.3.2 Carlson Hotels (Goldpoints Plus)
27.3.3 Cendant Hotels (TripRewards)
27.3.4 Choice Hotels (Choice Privileges)
27.3.5 Hilton (Hilton HHonors)
27.3.6 Hyatt (Gold Passport)
27.3.7 InterContinental Hotels (Priority Club Rewards)
27.3.8 Marriott
27.3.9 Starwood Hotels (Preferred Guest)
27.3.10 Wyndham (ByRequest)
27.4 Other hotel & resort developments
27.4.1 White label loyalty programme for luxury hotels
27.4.2 Coral launches hotel & resort loyalty scheme
27.4.3 Independent hotel loyalty platform launches
27.4.4 Regent Hotels launches frequent guest programme
  
28 General travel and tourism
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Travel loyalty insights
28.2.1 How to differentiate travel loyalty schemes
28.2.2 Drivers of travel booking loyalty
28.2.3 The effect of age on online travel bookers
28.2.4 What online business travel bookers want
28.3 Car rental loyalty
28.3.1 Alamo
28.3.2 Avis
28.3.3 Budget
28.3.4 Dollar
28.3.5 Enterprise
28.3.6 Europcar
28.3.7 Hertz
28.3.8 National Car Rental
28.3.9 Thrifty
28.4 Transport loyalty initiatives
28.4.1 Coaches
28.4.2 Trains
28.4.3 Public transport
28.4.4 Car sharing
28.4.5 Toll roads
28.5 Holiday loyalty initiatives
28.5.1 Cruise operators
28.5.2 Online travel bookers
  
29 Food, drink and recreation
29.1 Introduction
29.2 Food and drink
29.2.1 Food & drink loyalty insights
29.2.1.1 Is loyalty falling away from food and drink?
29.2.1.2 Restaurants need more emotional engagement
29.2.1.3 Restaurants turn to mystery diners to improve
29.2.2 Fast food & quick service restaurant loyalty
29.2.2.1 Burger King
29.2.2.2 McDonald's
29.2.2.3 Subway
29.2.2.4 Other fast food initiatives
29.2.3 Coffee house and beverage loyalty
29.2.3.1 Case study: Guinness (Hong Kong)
29.2.4 Restaurant loyalty initiatives
29.3 Recreation
29.3.1 Sports loyalty
29.3.1.1 Bowling
29.3.1.2 Golf
29.3.1.3 Racing
29.3.1.4 Sports affinity credit cards
29.3.1.5 Other sports loyalty developments
29.3.2 Family entertainments loyalty
29.3.3 Film and video loyalty
29.3.4 Gaming and gambling loyalty
29.3.4.1 Online gaming
29.3.4.2 Offline gaming
29.3.4.3 Gambling
  
30 Non-profit, healthcare, and more
30.1 Introduction
30.2 Charitable rewards
30.2.1 Fuel retailer gift cards give back to charity
30.2.2 Salvation Army's e-marketing strategy (UK)
30.2.3 Donors seek greater engagement with charities
30.3 Community rewards
30.3.1 Cambridge's resident privilege card (UK)
30.3.2 Liverpool's resident privilege card (UK)
30.3.3 ICE rewards for California community (USA)
30.4 Educational rewards
30.4.1 WaMoola's US$10 million school fund distribution
30.4.2 Latin American debit card to help scholars
30.4.3 Nietech loyalty platform helps schools project
30.4.4 BSP Rewards powers school support MasterCard
30.4.5 Boston's local shopper rewards (USA)
30.4.6 Vesdia's new PACE school rewards programme
30.4.7 Grad Gold rebates help pay off student loans
30.5 Government rewards
30.5.1 Public sector CRM initiatives save £3 million
30.5.2 Government payment card incentive
30.5.3 UK government's rewards for waste recycling
30.6 Newspaper & magazine rewards
30.6.1 Chicago RedEye upgrades reader loyalty scheme
30.6.2 Chicago Tribune upgrades reader loyalty scheme
30.6.3 Fido Magazine's reader loyalty card
30.6.4 Washington Post's reader loyalty scheme
30.6.5 Eve Magazine's subscriber loyalty scheme
30.6.6 UK newspaper's 'advert interaction' rewards
30.7 Radio station rewards
30.7.1 Tulsa radio stations' listener loyalty scheme
30.7.2 Seattle radio station's listener loyalty scheme
30.7.3 Johannesburg radio station's listener loyalty scheme
30.8 Student & youth rewards
30.8.1 Student Price Card (Canada)
30.8.2 V Card (UK)
30.9 Healthcare rewards
30.9.1 Red Cross benefits from Hbc Rewards donations
30.9.2 Virgin Life Care's HealthMiles Plus programme
30.9.3 AllRewards supports US hospital
30.9.4 Blood centre's donor loyalty programme
30.9.5 Lifespring Health's loyalty points programme
30.10 Other loyalty developments
30.10.1 TXU Energy's customer referral rewards scheme
30.10.2 UK property market's cardless loyalty coalition
30.10.3 Home decor wholesaler's loyalty scheme
30.10.4 Lexmark's ink cartridge recycling reward scheme
  
31 Business-to-business (B2B)
31.1 Introduction
31.2 Five strategies to build B2B loyalty
31.3 The structure of B2B loyalty
31.3.1 The two-link chain
31.3.2 The three-link chain
31.3.3 The four-link chain
31.3.4 Targeting the SME owner-manager
31.3.5 The purposes of B2B loyalty
31.4 B2B coalition loyalty schemes
31.4.1 Nectar for Business (UK)
31.4.2 Argos Business Solutions (UK)
31.4.3 Business Rewards (Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK)
31.5 B2B loyalty insights
31.5.1 B2B marketers at risk from poor quality data
31.5.2 B2B marketers at risk from dying businesses
31.5.3 B2B best practices to gain SME client referrals
31.6 B2B loyalty developments
31.6.1 Financial services
31.6.2 Information Technology (IT)
31.6.3 Office supplies
31.6.4 Other sectors
  
32 World markets
32.1 Introduction
32.1.1 National loyalty market sizes and values
32.1.1.1 Size of the UK's loyalty market
32.1.1.2 Size of the USA's loyalty market
32.1.1.3 Size of Canada's loyalty market
32.1.1.4 Size of Australia's loyalty market
32.1.1.5 Size of China's loyalty market
32.1.1.6 Size of South Africa's loyalty market
32.2 Household/population data
32.3 Loyalty market size estimation
32.3.1 Factors involved in market size estimation
32.3.2 Loyalty programme market size estimations
32.4 Household income share analysis
32.5 Consumer age analysis
32.6 Consumer gender analysis
32.7 Communications market
32.8 Standard region groupings
  
33 Trends and forecasts
33.1 Introduction
33.2 Customer loyalty trends
33.2.1 Retailers to increase focus on loyal customers
33.2.2 Credit card loyalty trends
33.2.3 US consumer loyalty trends
33.2.4 Canadian loyalty trends
33.3 Brand loyalty trends
33.3.1 Branding trends and consumer attitudes
33.3.2 Trends affecting the future of brand marketing
33.3.3 Trends in brand marketing strategy
33.4 Marketing trends
33.4.1 Mainstream marketing trends
33.5 Direct marketing trends
33.5.1 Direct marketing trends & forecast
33.5.2 Alternative marketing trends
33.6 E-marketing trends
33.6.1 E-mail marketing
33.6.2 Web marketing & advertising
33.6.3 Affiliate marketing trends
33.7 Retail and global market trends
33.7.1 Retail marketing trends
33.7.2 Retail challenges, trends and forecasts
33.7.3 Global market trends
33.8 Luxury consumer trends
33.8.1 Luxury loyalty and retail trends
33.8.2 Luxury consumer trends
33.8.3 Ethnic luxury marketing trends
33.9 Consumer lifestyle trends
33.9.1 Social trends affecting marketing strategies
33.9.2 Local loyalty forecast to increase
33.9.3 Green consumer spending forecast to grow
33.9.4 The future of green marketing
33.10 Consumer life stage trends
33.10.1 Children's retail influence
33.10.2 Tween consumer trends
33.10.3 Teen consumer trends
33.10.4 Asian American youth: a new retail trend
33.10.5 Baby Boomers become financially smarter
  
34 The Loyalty Probes
34.1 Introduction
34.2 Year-on-year loyalty marketing strategy trends
34.2.1 Importance of major uses of loyalty data in 2006 vs. 2007
34.2.2 Critical factors for retail customer loyalty in 2006 vs. 2007
34.2.3 The focus of marketing strategy in 2006 vs. 2007
34.3 Loyalty from the programme operator's point of view
34.3.1 Most used reward types in loyalty programmes
34.3.2 The future of e-mail marketing: 2006 to 2010
34.3.3 Loyalty scheme setup problems in developing markets
34.3.4 Executives' own familiarity with everyday retail prices
34.4 Loyalty from the consumer's point of view
34.4.1 Consumer attitudes to marketing techniques
34.4.2 Consumer resistance to intrusive web advertising
34.4.3 Consumer resistance to TV advertising
34.4.4 Customer communication channel usage
34.4.5 Main driver of true brand loyalty
34.4.6 Which loyalty communications make the most impact?
34.5 Consumer card usage statistics
34.5.1 Active usage of dedicated loyalty cards
34.5.2 Active usage of non-card loyalty programmes
34.5.3 How many chip cards do people carry with them?
34.5.4 How many non-chip cards do people carry with them?
  
35 What the experts think
35.1 Introducing the experts
35.2 Opinions and forecasts
35.2.1 Geoff Amyot, Achievement Awards Group
35.2.2 Robert Passikoff, Brand Keys
35.2.3 Steve Schroeder, Bowling Rewards
35.2.4 Chris Jacobs, Business Assyst
35.2.5 Bill Hanifin, Customer Growth LLC
35.2.6 Jill Griffin, Griffin Group
35.2.7 Gary Hawkins, Hawkins Strategic
35.2.8 Stuart Evans, ICLP
35.2.9 Nick Rudd, The Leapfrog Group
35.2.10 Deon Olivier, LifeWorld Group
35.2.11 Peter Wray, Loyalty Matters
35.2.12 Alexander Rittweger, Loyalty Partner
35.2.13 Dominic Hofer, Loylogic
35.2.14 Carlos Dunlap, Maritz Loyalty Marketing
35.2.15 Mike Atkin, MJA Associates
35.2.16 Richard Cuthbertson, Oxford Institute of Retail Management
35.2.17 Don Peppers & Martha Rogers, Peppers & Rogers Group
35.2.18 Bruce Conradie, Razor's Edge Business Intelligence
35.2.19 Brian Woolf, Retail Strategy Center
35.2.20 N. Ramasubramani, Surfgold
35.2.21 Jan Hofmeyr, Synovate
35.2.22 Gordon Cooper, TCC Retail Ma