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How Mobile Apps Can Help Restaurants Make Loyalty Rewarding

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These shifts have pushed drive-thru restaurant chain Checkers and Rally’s to work toward leveraging a mobile app-enabled loyalty program, said Josh Buchmann , senior director of eCommerce and guest engagement for the company. Many use their mobile devices to look up recipes, play games, send emails, shop and order meals.

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Rideshare Fare Aggregation Apps Highlight Local Rideshares, Surge Pricing

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Rideshare platforms typically reach consumers through their own mobile apps — be it Uber , Lyft or a smaller player, like Bounce in San Diego. millennials don’t plan on boycotting Uber despite its recent difficulties, with many analysts believing that brand recognition is one of the main factors for customer loyalty.

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Retail Pulse: Walmart Tests ‘Great Workplace,’ Sainsbury’s Opens Cashierless Store

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Louis, Tampa and New York. On another note, Dunkin’ Brands reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ top-line and bottom-line earnings estimates. The executive also pointed out that mobile orders exceeded 25 percent of transactions in many urban areas at high-volume sites. million and 62 cents.

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How Ghost Kitchens Are Altering The QSR Landscape

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And in Tampa, a family of local eateries called Frenchy’s Restaurants plans to launch its Frenchy’s To Go concept. Orders will arrive through Little Caesars’ mobile app and website and then will be sent to the DoorDash driver fleet for fulfillment through the DoorDash Drive service.

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Retailers Rethink Store Concepts, Digital Strategies Amid New Realities

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has done about $1 billion in mobile sales and had more than 800 million unique daily visitors to its site. “We The company also launched a new co-branded Visa rewards card with Alliance Data. In a presentation last month, CEO Anne Bramman said she expects digital sales to grow about 26 percent in 2017, up to 40 percent by 2022.

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Digital Coupons Evolved From Handwritten Tickets In The 1880s

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As Coke ramped up its early couponing efforts, other brands realized they too could use coupons to promote their products. Loebel persuaded local merchants to invest in coupons he would mail to thousands of potential customers,” The Tampa Bay Times reported. “If And the pharmacist would keep buying the syrup.”.

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The Wellness Economy: The Buzzy Trend Reshaping Everything From Personal Care To Real Estate

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CPG corporates like PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Kellogg’s, and Campbell, for example, have invested in and acquired a number of brands focused on healthy snacking , while personal care incumbents like P&G and Unilever have backed natural and organic beauty brands. As consumer demand rises, businesses are buying into the trend.

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