Many customers are offered rewards from loyalty points. Yet, the feeling, at times, is somewhere, someone is missing the larger overall point of joyful choices while transacting and experiencing the rewards of loyalty.
Points to remember
The points parade matters, but in a different way. According to IRI Worldwide, 74% consumers globally choose a store based on its effective loyalty programme. And this holds true across generations, especially millennials — 79% of whom want ‘a strong loyalty and discount programme’. However, the points parade has become complicated by two factors: the desire for less breach of data as well as for more personalised and experiential rewards.
Privacy concerns rain on the points parade to the extent that, according to research by Baringa, companies that suffer a data breach risk losing 55% of their customers. The General Data Protection Regulation came into force in Europe in 2018 to protect privacy rights. A Data Privacy Master Class organised by WPP’s Date with Data in 2018, in Mumbai, spoke of important aspects of privacy in India, such as the concept of ‘consent fatigue’, where details of and by customers are in effect given only for a time bound period (for example, 90 days) and then can be withdrawn. Such measures will effectively stop organisations and brands from collecting irrelevant data.
Emotional loyalty
The heart of new-age loyalty is the concept of emotional loyalty. Research shows that three out of four millennials value experiences over things; and that one in two customers would like personalised rewards based on their purchase history.
But are personalised and experiential rewards actually possible? Let us look at a few examples that demonstrate letting go of complex and routine rewards, and refreshing loyalty to enable joyful and meaningful customer experiences, such as streaming music, pooling to pay, playful gaming-based rewards, personal monograms, ‘once in a lifetime’ events, and rewards for engaging, not buying.
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