Consumer Marketing

Best Buy Revamps Reward Zone

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Best Buy has revamped its loyalty program Reward Zone, ditching its $10 registration fee, building two reward levels and adding a co-branded MasterCard. Best Buy used shopper feedback to restructure the three-year-old program, which has more than 7 million members.

Mystic Seaport Joins Ride Share Incentive

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

NuRide, Inc., an incentive-based ridesharing network, has partnered with Connecticut's Mystic Seaport, The Museum of America and the Sea, to reward regional commuters who share rides using the company's service with free admission to the attraction.

P&I Postscripts

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Grocer Texts Offers to Customers

Supermarket shopping is going high tech, and soon customers may be carrying their cell phones instead of circulars to receive store specials.

Costello Joins Pay By Touch

Retail veteran John Costello has become president of Pay By Touch, a payment service that is building out its loyalty-marketing capabilities.