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Turn the checkout moment into a loyalty engine

Turn the checkout moment into a loyalty engine

by Ramon Helwegen | May 31, 2024 | Client experience

Turn the checkout moment into a loyalty engineMost merchants treat the transaction as a finish line. The smarter framing is to treat it as the starting gun. Whether in-store or online, the moment a customer completes a purchase is one of the highest-attention moments...
Checkout as brand experience: what merchants keep getting wrong

Checkout as brand experience: what merchants keep getting wrong

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 5, 2023 | Client experience

Checkout as brand experience: why the payment moment shapes long-term loyaltyMost merchants invest heavily in the top of the funnel: brand visuals, product photography, social advertising. Yet the single moment that determines whether revenue is realised or lost gets...
Payment choice at checkout is now a loyalty lever

Payment choice at checkout is now a loyalty lever

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 12, 2021 | Client experience

Payment choice at checkout is now a loyalty leverMerchants who treat payment method selection as a back-office afterthought are handing customers a reason to leave. Research from PYMNTS, based on a simulation across 510 leading merchants and a consumer panel of more...

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