In common with some other retailers, IKEA has launched a loyalty card in some of its locations called " IKEA family ".

In marketing generally and in retailing more specifically, a loyalty card, rewards card, points card, advantage card, or club card is a plastic or paper card, visually similar to a credit card or debit card, that identifies the card holder as a member in a loyalty program.

In the United Kingdom it is typically called a loyalty card, in Canada a rewards card or a points card, and in the United States either a discount card, a club card or a rewards card.

In the U. S., several major supermarket and fish market chains and at least one major pharmacy require the cards in order for customers to receive the advertised loyalty price.

Other stores such as Interio, a furniture retailer, are also joining the market with loyalty cards and store-based incentivised credit cards.

Other stores such as Interio, a furniture retailer, are also joining the market with loyalty cards and store-based incentivised credit cards.

This illustrates the amount of influence the firm has over the market ; because of brand loyalty, it can raise its prices without losing all of its customers.

In 1976, Time magazine described American daytime television as " TV's richest market ," noting the loyalty of the soap opera fan base and the expansion of several half-hour series to a full hour in order to maximize ad revenues.

When carefully managed, rules can be used to help the organization to better achieve goals, remove obstacles to market growth, reduce costly mistakes, improve communication, comply with legal requirements, and increase customer loyalty.

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Their loyalty is all the more remarkable since the Roughriders play in the smallest market in the CFL, and the second-smallest major-league market in North America ( behind only Green Bay, Wisconsin ).

In addition to market share, an offensive strategy could be designed to obtain key customers, high margin market segments, or high loyalty market segments.

Among the car-buying British public there was a tendency of loyalty to a particular marque and marques appealed to different market segments.

Critics alleged that employers benefit from this enforced loyalty because it reduced the risk that the H-1B employee might leave the job and go work for a competitor, and that it put citizen workers at a disadvantage in the job market, since the employer has less assurance that the citizen will stay at his job for an extended period of time, especially if the work conditions are tough, wages are lower or the work is difficult or complex.

ACES created a corporate culture of service and punctuality that would earn it the recognition and loyalty of its customers, resulting in consistent increases in its market share and revenues in the domestic market, which was dominated for decades by Avianca.

On the economy it was now believed that the previous attempts by the Company to introduce free market competition had undermined traditional power structures and bonds of loyalty placing the peasantry at the mercy of merchants and money-lenders.

Reinforcing this brand loyalty was the distinction that Drake's were at one time one of the very few ( if not the only ) kosher snack cakes on the market, eschewing lard ( forbidden under kosher laws outright ) and tallow ( prohibited in conjunction with dairy products commonly used in baking ).

The winners of these " wars " may be debated based on different standards: market penetration and financial success, or the fierce loyalty and numbers of the fans of the system's games.

Mail order pioneer Aaron Montgomery Ward knew that by using the technique of selling products directly to the customer at appealing prices could, if executed effectively and efficiently, revolutionize the market industry and therefore be used as an innovative model for marketing products and creating customer loyalty.

McLaughlin, then vice president of Chrysler's Automotive sales division, " It enjoys a strong owner loyalty and is a car that has established a reputation for reliability and value ... these are reasons why we will continue to market the Dart while introducing the new compact Aspen.

A report in The Economist suggested that the real benefit of loyalty cards to UK outlets is the massive database potential they offer.

With an investment in excess of 30 million GBP, the Boots Advantage Card, launched in 1997, is / was the largest smart card retail loyalty card scheme in the world, and the third-largest retail loyalty scheme in the UK in terms of cards issued.

On 6 October 2008, Iceland officially launched their " Bonus Card ", a loyalty card and an advanced replacement for the original home delivery card, after successfully trialling the scheme in some regions of the UK.

* Carte Blanche, top tier loyalty card of the Eurostar train service serving UK, France & Belgium.

The term is used in the US and UK to refer to a town or city where loyalty to the company that is perceived to be responsible for its success is expected and that company is, or was, a major employer in the area.

In previous UK stories, Shockwave had run afoul of the future Decepticon leader, Galvatron, who was attempting to disrupt his leadership in the present to ensure the loyalty of his army in the future.

Vodafone UK launched a loyalty scheme named ' Rewardz ' in late 2011, accompanied by a £ 3million marketing campaign featuring two CGI bees.

The company has developed loyalty programmes for organisations including Barclaycard, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Lloyds TSB, AC Milan, UNICEF, educational institutions and the UK ’ s Department for the Environment.

Almost nothing is said of Charles' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.

The Federals is making everybody take the oath of loyalty around these parts too '', he crowed.

For what Sam Rayburn's life in this House teaches us is that loyalty and character are not divisive and there is no such thing as being for your country and neglecting your district.

What matters here is family loyalty ; ;

`` We must persuade them to enjoy a way of life which, if not identical, is congenial with ours '', he said but adding that if they do not develop the kind of society they themselves want it will lack ritiuality and loyalty.

That community of all creation is, then, the ultimate object of our loyalty and the concrete norm of all moral judgment.

Hastings is a man who is capable of great bravery and courage, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by The Big Four and possessing unwavering loyalty towards Poirot.

We are not certain that the word " democracy " was extant when systems that came to be called democratic were first instituted, but around 460 BC an individual is known whose parents had decided to name him ' Democrates ', a name which may have been manufactured as a gesture of democratic loyalty ; the name can also be found in Aeolian Temnus, not a particularly democratic state.

The consul administering the oath is forced to go on his knees, symbolising Alphonse's lordship and the town's loyalty.

Among the natives, though Corsican nationalism is strong, and feeling often runs high in favour of a union with Italy, loyalty to France, as evidenced by elections, remains stronger.

God's commission to Joshua in chapter 1 is framed as a royal installation, the people's pledge of loyalty to Joshua as successor Moses recalls royal practices, the covenant-renewal ceremony led by Joshua was the prerogative of the kings of Judah, and God's command to Joshua to meditate on the " book of the law " day and night parallels the description of Josiah in 2 Kings 23: 25 as a king uniquely concerned with the study of the law — not to mention their identical territorial goals ( Josiah died in 609 BCE while attempting to annex the former Israel to his own kingdom of Judah ).

The field she goes to belongs to a man named Boaz, who is kind to her because he has heard of her loyalty to her mother-in-law.

Ruth, meaning " friend ", pledges loyalty to Naomi, and Boaz, " fleetness " or " strength is ( in ) him " or " he comes in strength " becomes the kinsman redeemer, while Obed's name appropriately means " servant.

Banquo's loyalty to Macbeth, rather than Malcolm, after Duncan's death makes him a passive accomplice in the coup: Malcolm, as Prince of Cumberland, is the rightful heir to the throne and Macbeth a usurper.

The major Confucian concepts include rén ( humanity or humaneness ), zhèngmíng ( rectification of names ; e. g. a ruler who rules unjustly is no longer a ruler and may be dethroned ), zhōng ( loyalty ), xiào ( filial piety ), and lǐ ( ritual ).

Traditionalist conservatism is a political philosophy emphasizing the need for the principles of natural law and transcendent moral order, tradition, hierarchy and organic unity, agrarianism, classicism and high culture, and the intersecting spheres of loyalty.

De Vries ' loyalty to his master is unusual in that he continues to serve the Baron with great enthusiasm even though his Mentat abilities and great intelligence confirm his suspicions that his master plans to eventually kill him.

Achish marches against Saul, but David is excused from the war on the accusation of the Philistine nobles that his loyalty to their cause cannot be trusted.

One recurring theme is loyalty.

Bene Gesserit Imprinter Lucilla is also sent by Taraza to bind Idaho's loyalty to the Sisterhood with her sexual talents.

* Edgar Degas ( a realist who despised the term Impressionist, but is considered one, due to his loyalty to the group ) ( 1834 – 1917 )

Ignatius is the earliest known Christian writer to emphasize loyalty to a single bishop in each city ( or diocese ) who is assisted by both presbyters possibly elders and deacons.