New Concepts in Loyalty

March 2025

This report examines the innovative concepts that help transform loyalty programmes, showcasing how they are evolving, expanding their reach, and becoming more relevant to today’s consumers. By analysing emerging trends, new loyalty models and technologies, the report highlights the key strategies that enable brands to enhance engagement, personalise experiences and drive long-term customer loyalty.

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Key Findings

Loyalty 2.0: Innovation, innovation, innovation

Innovation is crucial for transforming legacy loyalty structures, ensuring they remain aligned with evolving consumer expectations and preferences. By integrating interactive strategies and leveraging new technologies, businesses can drive deeper engagement and foster stronger customer retention. These innovations enable brands not only to build more effective loyalty programmes but also maintain a competitive edge in an ever-changing market.

Building trust, building loyalty: A relationship-centred approach at the core

Building lasting relationships with customers is crucial for the success of loyalty programmes. By adopting hyper-personalisation tactics through real-time data segmentation, creating brand communities that encourage active participation and providing a platform for members to share experiences and ideas, businesses can significantly boost engagement and expand their reach cost effectively. Extending rewards to family and friends for sharing, alongside incorporating social impact into loyalty initiatives, strengthens emotional connections, aligns brands with consumer values and drives loyalty for long-term success.

The winning formula for operational success: Simplicity, adding value and transparency

By keeping the loyalty programme easy to understand and use, offering meaningful and timely rewards that truly benefit customers, and maintaining clear communication about how the platform works, businesses can drive greater optimisation and retention. It is therefore essential for market players to understand the resources (time, capital, expertise) required to successfully deliver this service. Equally important is aligning these efforts with the company’s broader goals and long-term vision to ensure sustained success.

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Key findings
Innovation and technology: The forces reshaping loyalty structures
Transforming loyalty: The power of enhanced engagement
Unlocking loyalty: Seven key areas driving programme transformation
Biometric innovation: Elevating loyalty programmes and user trust
Hugo Boss takes loyalty to the next level with tokenisation
Travala’s quest for growth: Expanding Bitcoin loyalty reach
The Verifone-PopID B2B partnership: Impact on loyalty programmes
Key takeaways (1)
The role of AI in creating personalised cross-channel loyalty experiences
Blue Rewards in the UAE leads the way in loyalty enhancement with GenAI
AI-powered loyalty: Zomato’s new approach to customer retention
Ubacart revolutionises loyalty for small convenience stores with AI
Key takeaways (2)
Loyalty partnerships: Challenging old norms for new opportunities
Lidl joins forces with Disney to boost loyalty and customer perks
Expedia and Microsoft unite to power up loyalty programmes
adiClub transformed through key collaborations
Key takeaways (3)
Subscriptions retain purchasing power - appealing across income levels
Wayfair Rewards: Stable revenue for physical store operations
moPlus enhances heavy-spenders’ stickiness amidst intensive e-commerce landscape
Verano’s Cabbage Club spearheads loyalty in US cannabis market
Key takeaways (4)
Boosting loyalty through play: The gamification advantage
Ulta’s GlamXplorer maximises interaction through mini-games
Revolve’s Bellemint connects digital engagement with real-life shopping incentives
Sezzle gamifies repayment to encourage responsible fiscal behaviour
Key takeaways (5)
The power of community commerce for loyalty
KIKI World: Co-creation meets community
iFood’s next chapter: Strengthening loyalty through community
Building a stronger fanbase: Cleveland Cavaliers Web3 loyalty playbook
Key takeaways (5)
The power of micro-segmentation in loyalty programme success
Nurturing future shoppers: New World Department Store child-centric loyalty scheme
Lotte Duty Free: Winning over Gen X with a dedicated loyalty programme
Flying Club: Makes it easier for families to share and redeem points
Key takeaways (6)
Recommendations for growth
Evolution of Loyalty
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