How restaurants, hotels, and tableware brands are using loyalty programs--and what indie stores can learn from this.
October 11, 2023
Perk-y
I recently read about a new loyalty program and wondered what we could learn from it. The founder of Eater and Resy, Ben Leventhal, has started Blackbird, a loyalty program service designed for indie restaurants, reports The New York Times (Read the article). Using the Blackbird app, a diner receives a perk for eating at a restaurant. The retailer sets tiers for which the user qualifies for the perk. For example, a restaurant, Nat’s on Bank in New York City, gives tier 1 customers ...
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Last February e-commerce company Shopify Inc. replaced the “Ottawa, Canada” dateline that began its press releases and earnings reports with a strange new one: “Internet, Everywhere.” The geographical shift came at the insistence of Shopify’s founder and chief executive officer, Tobi Lütke, who tends to view such matters through the prism of cold, hard logic. In May 2020, only a few months into the pandemic, he’d made the early, seemingly rash decision to...
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October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019
The Head of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy says itโs now easier and cheaper to order things online than go in the store.
The Rudin Center for Transportation is part of New York University, and is named after Lewis Rudinโthe developer of the wholesale building 41 Madison.
If online is better according to the head of the Rudin Center, what is the Rudin familyโwhich owns 41 Madisonโdoing to help tenants and visitors adapt to this fact?
This holiday season more shoppers will shop online ...
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June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019
** ELISE ** Her Virtue is Politeness! This delightful plush doll has a sweet embroidered face, and a pink felt hat with a darling blue flower perfectly perched atop her sunny yellow pony tails. Soft and huggable body with gray and white knit stripe legs and arms are perfect for snuggling. She comes with a Sweet Tweet Blue Bird Purse with a tag reminding little ones to โ Be Politeโ. Her pink vinyl boots with fun carrot icon sole are the perfect accessory and keep her ready for adventure.
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September 12, 2018
September 12, 2018
"Despite the Amazon hype, prices in Whole Foodsโ 490 stores across the country โ even after shoppers pony up cash for the Prime discount โ come down by just $1.54 on a $400 basket of groceries, according to the report."