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📍Toronto, Canada
Everyone has a loyalty program. Airlines, coffee shops, grocery stores, pharmacies. It has become almost expected. But if you think about your own behavior, you’re probably only loyal to a handful of brands. That gap between having a loyalty program and actually creating loyalty is where most companies struggle. It’s also what made the conversation with Noah Goldberg from Loblaw Companies Limited so interesting. Because when you operate PC Optimum at the scale of nearly 16 million members, you see very quickly what works and what doesn’t.
What stands out is that loyalty is not really about points. Points are just the visible layer. The real engine is engagement. Opening the app, loading offers, interacting weekly, building habits around the experience. That is where value is created, both for the customer and for the business. It’s also where most programs fall short. They exist, but they are not part of people’s routines. And without that routine, there is no real loyalty, just occasional transactions.





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