Loyalty programmes stories
Delivery details are now as decisive as product recommendations, with 61% of shoppers saying they can make or break an AI-led purchase.
Poor mobile data quality can cost retailers deliveries, revenue and loyalty as shoppers switch devices and systems leave records incomplete.
The move could let travellers book hotels inside chatbots without restarting searches, as AI assistants gain live inventory access and checkout links.
Passengers on Asia-Pacific legacy carriers are far more likely to get onboard internet, with 95% of fleets now partly or fully equipped.
Banks and fintechs are increasingly using payments data for fraud checks and rewards as Spade expands its merchant-matching platform with fresh funding.
Klaviyo has launched Composer, an AI tool that drafts data-driven marketing campaigns from plain-language prompts, now in private beta.
AI is turning loyalty members into “segments of one”, as Asia Pacific leaders shift from flashy tech to invisible, always-relevant rewards.
Circles partners with Airwallex to plug embedded banking into CirclesX, letting telcos launch financial services across more than 70 markets.
Sparkfly and PlayOn team up to tie retail offers and attribution to millions of US high school sports fans across ticketing and streaming.
Teradata upgrades Enterprise Vector Store with multimodal AI and agents to unify unstructured search and workflow orchestration at scale.
Four female founders are redefining loyalty, using VIP tiers and experiences to build data-rich communities and drive soaring revenues.
Hospitality operators could see faster guest logins and better data capture, as the system links public Wi-Fi access with marketing tools.
Businesses under pressure to prove loyalty returns will get new training on AI shopping tools, customer behaviour and program profitability.
The sector supported nearly 861,500 jobs and generated CAD $47.8 billion in government revenues last year, the study said.
AI agents are quietly reshaping retail, and sluggish loyalty platforms risk losing transactions long before shoppers know they've gone.
MONEYME launches 1% cashback credit card as new research shows Australians are turning away from complex points-based rewards schemes.
New Zealand Loyalty Association debuts to unite brands and launches nation's most comprehensive loyalty study ahead of 2026 summit.
UK shoppers are embracing AI shopping agents for better deals and ease, but rising data privacy fears risk slowing wider adoption.
Women leaders in loyalty say real change comes when they're heard, trusted to judge for themselves and freed from systemic barriers.
Australian shoppers are deserting online retailers over clunky site search, with many paying more elsewhere for AI‑style, natural language results.