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Wyndham Gives 200,000 Points for Travel in Exchange for Advice 

Wyndham Worldwide is running an essay contest to find 10 adventurous individuals who will travel twice in the next year and return with advice the hotel chain can put to good use...

Pathmark Will Apply Web Coupons to Loyalty Cards 

Pathmark has become the latest supermarket chain to link digital coupons to its loyalty program with the launch on the “Online Advantage”, a new enhancement to its “Advantage Club” program...

Fed Lays Out New Gift Card Rules 

Tougher restrictions have come down on companies offering gift cards...

Loyalty: The Year Ahead  

In 2010, the loyalty landscape will continue to be quite dynamic as companies continue to adapt to the uncertain economic climate. In particular...

Sales Declines May be Slowing for Promotional Products 

The stormy economy has put a hurtin’ on promotional products sales...

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WALMART: is offering a $100 gift card with each purchase of a BlackBerry mobile phone and two-year contract...

Starwood Taps into Social, Mobile Habits of Its Most Valuable Loyalty Members 

In what it claims is the first effort by a lodging loyalty program to appeal to offer a full menu of social-and mobile-media options, Starwood Preferred Guest...

Aramark Loyalty Program Offers Games and Sweepstakes 

Food service provider Aramark Higher Education has expended its loyalty program to encourage college students to dine on campus by offering a range of games and prizes as incentives...

Ad Specialty Sales Off 10.9% in Q3 

The third quarter saw ad specialties sales drop 10.9%, or about $551 million, versus the same period last year, according to the Advertising Specialty Institute...

Use of Coupon Web Sites Grows 

People using coupon Web sites is on the rise. In a surprising find, most of these coupon downloaders are people among the highest education and income brackets...

Best Practices for Taking up the Cause 

Given the choice between purchasing a box of Honey Nut Cheerios to help benefit a local school or buying a similar brand offering no such promotion sitting on shelf next door, many people will choose the charitable offer...

Hostess Rebate and Sweeps Promotes DVD Release 

Hostess is once again partnering with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. for a Halloween-themed campaign that encourages people to buy a newly released DVD...

Loyalty’s Lost Mantra: Relevant Messaging 

In the 1977 Woody Allen classic “Annie Hall,” actor Jeff Goldblum, portraying a Southern California partygoer, tells his guru over the telephone—I forgot my mantra...

Del Taco Offers Free Tacos in Exchange for Loyalty 

Del Taco last weekend began a campaign to give away two free chicken soft tacos to customers who joined its loyalty club, Raving Fan eClub...

P&I Postscripts 

RENAISSANCE HOTELS: this fall is offering guests who pay with an American Express Card for a weekend stay will receive a voucher redeemable for their choice of a $50 complimentary gift card...

McDonald’s Gives Rail Riders Coupons and a Free Ride 

Some local McDonald’s franchisees are making friends with computers in busy cities by giving them free rail tickets and coupons for its burgers...

DQ Crowdsources the 25th Blizzard Birthday 

Frozen treat retailer Dairy Queen reached out to its loyalists in selecting the design for a new logo that will roll out next year, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the invention of its iconic Blizzard dessert...

Cereal Hangs on to Top Coupon Ranking 

Cereal, an increasingly expense staple for many families, has retained the No. 1 spot on the Top Ten list of the most popular online coupon categories printed in August, according to Coupons.com...

P&I Postscripts 

CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL: has named Edward J. Valle chief marketing strategist...

Canadian s Give Loyalty Communications Mediocre Grades for Relevance 

A customer loyalty agency Direct Antidote finds that more than three quarters of Canadian consumers don’t think much of the relevance of messages they get from loyalty programs...

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