Loyalty That Comes at a Price
Byline: Matthew Gunther Bushell
This week, I tip my hat to Essex boy Peter Loobey. This modern day shoppers' Che Guevara has been so incensed by the onslaught of till-side requests for loyalty cards that he has taken to manufacturing T-shirts bearing an offensive anti-loyalty card slogan.
Whilst Peter might be in the minority - more than 85% of households in the UK now have at least one loyalty card say market researchers TNS - it would appear our patience more than our loyalty is currently being tested.
In 2003, a study by strategy consultants Cims found that only 35% of shoppers believed enough was being done by supermarkets operating high profile loyalty …
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Article title: Loyalty That Comes at a Price.
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Newspaper title: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales).
Publication date: February 16, 2004.
Page number: 16.
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