Retail Marketing

Black Friday isn't exactly known for its focus on customer loyalty. But is there a world, in which loyalty and Black Friday co-exist? We think there is and why not make it work this year? Here's how.

This article aims to shed a light on the future of shopper marketing and brand activation as we move full steam into recovery mode. I will start by acknowledging that even before C-19, shopper marketing was changing. The classic P&G model of being able to plot a consumer buying journey had already been disrupted by digital. This meant that the consumers purchase journey had become increasingly fluid, leaving many interpretation and engagement plans generally unrealistic.

Some of you may know that Tesco recently made cuts to it’s Clubcard rewards, causing quite a controversy!

Customers, some who had saved their loyalty vouchers for as long as 23 years (when the programme was first introduced in 1995) were not happy and didn’t hold back on expressing their outrage.

A recent study showed that a large proportion of consumers (94% to be exact) would use a mobile wallet more often if they could earn loyalty points with each transaction.