Tag Archives: Loyalty

Toast – Green Shield Stamps

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Leigh Sparks

Green Shield Stamps could be traded in for ‘free’ gifts so why did consumers abandon them? Sean Farrington examines their rise and fall and discovers how they spawned a famous retail chain which is still trading. The stamps were the … Continue reading →

Posted in 1960s, Argos, Brands, Catalogues, Consumer Change, Consumers, Green Shield Stamps, Loyalty, Loyalty Schemes, Retail Failure, Retail History, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Food, health and data: developing transformative food retailing

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Leigh Sparks

In early November 2018, a book on Case Studies in Food Retailing and Distribution was published, edited by John Byrom and Dominic Medway.  Amongst the very wide ranging and interesting chapters, was an effort by myself and two colleagues from … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Behavioural Economics, Books, Data, Diet and Health, Digital, Ethics, Food, Food Retailing, Health, Loyalty, Loyalty Schemes, Retailers, Social Change, Uncategorized, Well being | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

A Lidl Surprise?

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Leigh Sparks

August is traditionally the silly season in the media, as journalists and readers/viewers take advantage of the summer weather and holidays (well that’s the theory) and disappear, leaving space for all sorts of outlandish reporting attempting to fill column inches, … Continue reading →

Posted in Discounters, Food Retailing, Lidl, Loyalty, Loyalty Schemes, Market Shares, Scotland | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Re-imagining the High Street with Technology

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Leigh Sparks

The Grimsey Review of 2013 very strongly made the case that the high street of the future (or indeed of the present) has to embrace the digital world into which many of us have increasingly moved. As technology and consumers … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Grimsey, Car Parking, High Streets, Independents, Loyalty, Multichannel, Online Retailing, Regeneration, Technology, Town Centres | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment