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3 Components of an Effective Loyalty Program

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In this bonus episode of Total Retail Talks, Total Retail’s Kristina Stidham and Joe Keenan discuss Total Retail’s recently released research report, Tips for Boosting Loyalty Program Success: How to Acquire, Retain, and Engage Your Customers. This report is sponsored by ebbo, an all-in-one loyalty company. Listen in as Keenan discusses why Total Retail created this report […]

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