High U.S. gas prices pinch NASCAR fans. (more)
Walgreens is getting more aggressive about marketing its prescription savings club card in a tough economy with cut-throat competition for cheap generics. (more)
Despite its many charms, the iPhone continues the uncompetitive practice in which cellphone companies maintain tight controls over which phones can be used on their networks. (more)
After two weeks in the Northland, the lines remain long and the enthusiasm strong at the newly opened Sonic drive-thru in St. Paul. (more)
Costco, Macys are tops in loyalty. (more)
As consumers try to cut costs, stores are facing fraud woes. (more)
Location might be the first reason travellers choose a particular hotel, but loyalty programs are likely a close second. (more)
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"If we have to do a phone bank with 1,000 people calling Nabisco we'll do it," says May Hall of Chebeague Island, Maine, in a New York Times article by Katie Zezima. (more) |
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map. (more)
The advantage of columnar databases for marketers. (more)
U.S. consumers redeemed less than 1 percent of the estimated 285 billion coupons issued last year for groceries and various packaged goods. (more)
Business network uses customer loyalty to support nonprofits. (more)
As rewards programs proliferate, your best customers want -- and deserve -- more consideration. (more)
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"There's a word for it in Yiddish," says Denise Matis as she looks around Howard Sportswear, a shop at 69 Orchard Street on New York's Lower East Side, as reported by Tanzina Vega in the New York Times. (more) |
A Liverpool man claims to have eaten nothing but Mars bars for 17 years. (more)
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"We fix customer problems in real time," says Paul English, co-founder of travel website Kayak.com, reports Jonathan Blum in Fortune Small Business. (more) |
Grocers searching for ways to keep your loyalty in face of soaring prices. (more)
Las Vegas is on sale, with room rates below $100 a night at prominent Strip hotels. (more)
Concordia International School Shanghai's Macusing middle school students got a chance to strut their Mac-maneuvering skills at a Mac media press tour of their campus in Jinqiao, Pudong recently. (more)
Toyota Motor Corp. will launch a Toyota-branded credit card in the United States in October, the latest entry into the crowded automotive affinity card market. (more)
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That what people do is more meaningful than what they say is the premise of Proclivity Systems, which uses online behavior to figure out what customers will buy next, reports Eric A. Taub in the New York Times. (more) |
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