The loyalty card of tomorrow

Not always easy for shops and major retailers to develop a good loyalty strategy to their customers.

Offer a loyalty card is the most used method but it has several drawbacks:

  • Cost of manufacturing cards
  • Only a part of your customer base has the card:
    • Some don’t want them in their wallet
    • Some do not want to fill out paperwork
  • Tracking Customer is difficult
    • Change of Address
    • Who buys, when and how much?
    • To whom and how to launch promotional campaigns

But there are solutions.

The first is Freedelity, a Brussels-based company that proposes to use the ID card of your customers as a loyalty card.

The advantages of using the ID card are multiple:

  • Data accuracy
  • This card is already in the wallet of all your customers
  • Where is your customer?
  • Statistical tools: frequency of visits, average basket, male / female ratio ...
  • Reports: better sales, better clients, new clients ...

With the management tool developed by Freedelity, you can manage your clients effectively communicating your promotions or new products through various channels: mail, email, SMS ...

Alternatively, there is the unique loyalty card concept launched by the company Fidelsys, a company also active in consumer loyalty.

Fidelsys has also recently announced a partnership with Maestro / Mastercard. In shops displaying the Fidelsys logo at the entrance, guests can earn points or benefits by paying with their bank card.

Coupled with the card system, Fidelsys also offers a CRM to allow the retailer to better understand and communicate with customers

Cartoo developed by Loyaltek also offers a unique loyalty card.

Unique loyalty card seems the easiest solution for both the consumer and the merchant. The challenge ahead for these companies is likely to convince a maximum of users, merchants and large retailers to adopt their system.

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24 Aug 2011
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