Customers are retained and loyalty assured by providing value beyond the actual product or service itself, i.e., through incentive-based programs. The goal is to increase loyalty by creating an emotional connection or simply rewarding it with special offers. Customers are voluntarily bound to the company, which protects future revenue.
How they do it: Marriott’s loyalty program ”Marriott Rewards” offers its members exclusive status benefits as well as the possibility to earn and spend rewards with every stay. In addition to that, there are different levels which loyal customers can reach by staying a certain amount of nights in one of the Marriott hotels. Depending on the level, members get additional benefits and preferred treatment.
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How they do it: Airlines such as American Airlines have a big customer loyalty program, rewarding passengers for flying and spending with the airline. Through their loyal behaviour, customers can earn status which allows benefits such as lounge access, upgrades and priority treatment as well as spend loyalty points to purchase physical goods.
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How they do it: Shell started a loyalty program for its customers called Fuel Rewards®. Members earn 5¢/gallon for every $25 spent inside participating Shell stations.
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How they do it: American Express lets its credit card customers collect reward points for each spent. By offering money and in-kind rewards for a certain amount of collected reward points, customers are incentivized to use the card more.
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How they do it: Walmart’s Savings Catcher is a customer loyalty initiative which promises customers that they will always get the lowerst prices at the company’s stores. If a customer finds the same product at another location for a lower price, Walmart will credit the difference directly to a special gift card to be redeemed at Walmart.
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Below, the top industries for the pattern "Customer Loyalty" are displayed, in order to get insights into how this pattern is applied across different industries. We've collected data from 5 firms using this pattern.
Below, the pattern "Customer Loyalty" is analyzed based on co-occurrence, in order to get insights into how this business model pattern is applied in combination with other patterns within the firms we studied.
