Many companies today are using advanced analytics to gain insights from multiple sources of data, insights that can be used to make predictions and streamline business processes. The number of companies using artificial intelligence (AI) to...Read More

Your guests are going through their phones right now and deleting apps they don’t use. Why would they keep yours?If your mobile app delivers convenience and enhances their experience with your brand, they’re more likely to use it. If...Read More

Loyalty providers produce programs that are so cookie-cutter and permanently standardized that it’s nearly impossible to tailor these programs to individual brands. Marketers are following a misguided standard that has been left behind and...Read More

It is significantly costlier to acquire a new customer than to retain one you already have.Competition is increasing, while loyalty is decreasing. Consider the impact of loyalty fatigue: The average consumer belongs to more than 14 loyalty...Read More

It’s a funny thing, trying to predict the future. You can argue there’s not much point to it, and you may well be right, but at this time of year, there’s a strange temptation to give it a go anyway. Fear not, I’m not going...Read More

Every restaurant understands that attracting new customers is crucial for sustained success. But even though the millennial generation begins with those born in 1979, many restaurant owners struggle to connect with this audience—not to...Read More

It is a truth nearly universally acknowledged that a comprehensive marketing strategy must include AI. Most marketers know that AI is the wave of the future. Yet a disconnect persists between that aspiration and the actual number of AI users...Read More

POV: Developing a loyalty program app strategy Overview Mobile has rapidly emerged as a significant channel for loyalty programs to engage with their members.  Americans have rapidly integrated smartphones into their daily lives, with over...Read More

Some brands go into the holiday shopping season looking for a panacea for whatever issues they have encountered over the past 12 months. Stagnant annual sales figures can be revitalized and salvaged by capitalizing on the surge in shopping...Read More

Boxed represents a departure from traditional wholesale retail, which has created some unique difficulties since its founding. In its infancy, the company had to establish brand awareness or face irrelevance. The team launched the Boxed app as...Read More