National Hotel Executive recently featured an article entitled
"CRM vs. Loyalty Programs: Best Friends or Arch Rivals"
by James Christensen, President/CEO, Ernex .
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Loyalty
Marketing Newsletter Ernex brings you an online newsletter based on loyalty marketing concepts, trends,
and insight, published once every three months.
What's New - December 2002
NEWS BYTES
The following news bytes are the latest in customer loyalty and customer analytics that have appeared in the past two months:
ERNEX AND TENDER RETAIL PARTNER-NEW INTEGRATION BRINGS REAL-TIME
LOYALTY SOLUTIONS TO CARD PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS
"Ernex welcomes Tender Retail to the growing list of POS channel partners in our
Ernex Marketing Partner Program (EMP). By providing increased functionality to the
Tender Retail solution and expanding the availability of Ernex loyalty and electronic marketing solutions through
Tender Retail, our joint customers win." said Malcolm Fowler, Executive Vice President Products and Marketing, Ernex
National Hotel Executive recently featured an article entitled
"CRM vs. Loyalty Programs: Best Friends or Arch Rivals"
by James Christensen, President/CEO, Ernex .
Ask business owners what keeps them up at night and most will say driving revenue, increasing profitability, staying
ahead of the competition, and retaining customers. While both CRM and real-time loyalty programs have merit, loyalty
programs stand out as a highly viable "first step" for many organizations. After all, the costs are lower, implementation
is easier, and return on investment is swifter. And what's becoming clearer is that for many organizations, a good strong
loyalty program is the first and only step they need.