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Background
In May ’15 American Express launched a coalition loyalty program called Plenti. Under coalition loyalty programs, members can earn and redeem points by shopping at participating merchants (e.g., Exxon, Macys, Rite Aid and ATT.) The program helps consumers to earn rewards faster and lead to better engagement and provides merchants and opportunity to attract new customers and run cross-promotional campaigns. The biggest challenge in launching the program was signing up merchants and building an economic case for shifting away from proprietary programs and collaborate for collective benefit.
We were in negotiations with Rite Aid to join the program. Under their old loyalty program (Wellness+), Rite Aid issued reward dollars (+UPs).The dollars could be used for purchase within their stores over next two weeks while in Plenti program the points (1 point = 1 cents) are valid for three years and can be redeemed at any participating merchant. Rite Aid was concerned that if they joined Plenti, customers will continue to earn points at Rite Aid but with more redemption options and longer validity, the redemptions will be skewed towards other merchants especially the “Grocer” Partner. In effect, they will be subsidizing a loyalty program for the “Grocer”.
Challenge
As part of the negotiations, our team was tasked to identify and propose “Performance Guarantees” to address Rite Aid’s concerns.
With no data and uncertainty about other merchants who will join the
Developing a loyalty program is challenging. You team must understand what will keep your current customers interested and what will spark them to purchase multiple times.
The Frequent Shopper program is to bring the benefit of an increase in revenue for Kudler Fine Foods. Kudler has partnered with a loyalty points program to provide customers with points which can be redeemed for gifts, airline upgrades, and specialty foods. Additional objectives may to obtain a higher customer base, increase customer satisfaction, and gain customer loyalty. These opportunities can be measured and weighed against the costs of the project. The feasibility study will determine if the costs of partnership are feasible for the desired benefits.
Implementing a frequent shopper program will also help provide high value incentives by initiating a partnership with a program providing loyalty points. Such a
In the loyalty program literature on the FXmedia’s website (http://www.fxmweb.com), FXMedia (2011) states “With intelligent customer segmentation and targeted campaigns, each member of your program can feel like they are customers of their own "personal company", where everything is designed around their lifestyle and purchase behaviour patterns.” (para. 2).
On the technology side of this programs, a data management system would be need to be constructed and maintained in order to keep track of the multitude of customers and their accumulation of “loyalty” points. This data management system would service all of the Kudler Fine Foods stores in ensuring that the all of the data is integrated for new customers, customer information is updated, and that duplicates are prevented. To allow customers to redeem their accumulated “loyalty” points, web servers would need to be set up to assist with the vast amount of data. Also, redundancy of the said servers would need to be implemented in case there is a hardware or software failure. The most important piece of the “loyalty” program is the card itself. It is
Kudler Fine Foods is a much renowned food store, established at the different locations in California. The main focus of the store is to have ‘profit maximization’ by providing quality products at appropriate prices, in comparison of the competitors. The firm also wants to satisfy its clientele. Through this objective, the store wants to acquire major expansion. It currently wishes to enlarge its services by attaining perfection in the in the operational activities. Kudler also desires to increase the 'consumer purchase cycle ' which they hope will result in an increase of both profitability as well as loyalty. Kudler 's latest idea to increase its revenue is to implement a customer rewards program that will record customer purchases that
Kudler Fine Foods founder and manager, Kathy Kulder, has requested information on developing a system to track customer purchases through a Frequent Shopper Program. This Program will award loyalty points for redemption to repeat customers. Purchases made by customers whom participate in the program will be tracked and converted into loyalty points for redemption for future purchase, gift items, and other products or services made possible through partnerships with external companies. The following will cover information and recommendations for Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Shopper
desirable. In my research, JPMorgan Chase found that more consumers came inside the branch to
rewards program customers are able to enjoy a beverage and have a chance to win merchandise
Over the last 77 years, Morgan Stanley has been at the forefront of the financial industry. This is from the firm focusing on creating customizable investment products that are sold to retail and institutional clients. ("Company History," 2012) However, a problem is that many competitors are entering a period of flat growth that is at the top of S Curve. This is when a company will grow so big that it becomes difficult to continue increasing profit margins. (Nunes, 2011, pp. 1 5) In the case of Morgan Stanley, the recent financial crisis has made it more difficult for the firm to improve earnings. As a result, a new strategy must be developed that will motivate the sales force to do more. To determine the most effective approach requires examining six features of a total rewards program, the specific behaviors that will be targeted, assessing the value proposition and how to attract registered representatives.
In any negotiation, preparation is crucial; and having a set, outlined process to follow when preparing helps mitigate a potential oversight of any significant issues within the negotiation. Following a set process also helps one stay on task and in-line with what the important issues and factors are in a negotiation. In Bargaining for Advantage, G. Richard Shell provides a well-structured framework to follow in planning for a negotiation. For this reason, I used Shell’s negotiation preparation framework to plan for the negotiation between Rapid Printing Company (Rapid) and Scott Computers, Inc (Scott).
I planned for this negotiation by first identifying what my goals were, choosing an appropriate strategy than creating a planning document that incorporates all the aspects of negotiating demonstrated above.
American Express, also know as AMEX, is a global financial services company headquartered in New York City and founded in 1850. With 54,000 employees and a revenue of over 35 billion dollars American Express stands tall on the New York Stock Exchange (Sec.gov). American Express is best known for it’s credit cards, which make up about twenty-five percent of total dollar volume in credit card transactions in The United States of America (Reviews.greatplacetowork.com). American Express’ goal is to maintain a leading and almost elite reputation with as many qualified card holders as possible. American Express does this by concentrating on the customer’s experience and branding that experience. American Express’ key components in maintaining and further exceling into this goal includes focusing on their human recourses, social responsibility, and marketing techniques.
The American Express company also known as Amex, it is an American multinational corporation. The company was eventually started as an express mail business in Buffalo, New York. It was formed as a joint stock corporation through the merger of express companies owned by Henry Wells( Wells Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo and company)and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield and company).