#697: Amtrak’s Embarking on its New Ambition

This episode is available in audio format on our Let’s Talk Loyalty podcast and in video format on www.Loyalty.TV. In today’s episode  Aaron Dauphinee, speaks with Lisa Copeland who is the VP of Loyalty and Customer Engagement for Amtrak. Amtrak is the national passenger railroad company for the United States with more than 32 million passengers stepping aboard Amtrak’s trains in 2024 and the rail line […]

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NordicTrack Expands New Racing Feature to Bikes and Rowers

Fitness technology platform iFit taps Ergatta to develop gamified racing content for its NordicTrack treadmills, rowers and exercise bikes to help retain members and spur them to exercise more frequently.   Nobody wants the treadmill they own to sit in the corner unused; Least of all NordicTrack, which relies on customer membership as a revenue stream. […]

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Type It, Ship It: Vercel Wants Everyone to Be a Coder

There was a time when building an app, be it to sell something or provide a specific service (like cab-booking), meant pulling all-nighters and constant back and forth with developers. Even if the product was ready to be deployed, you could never ship it without a team of devs standing by to troubleshoot in case […]

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The AI You Didn’t Approve Is Already at Work

When it comes to vibe coding with agents, a dose of caution is justified as last month’s Replit AI scandal illuminated after the agent wiped a company’s entire database (a great reminder to all to back up your data — and twice, for good measure). While this was one of the biggest failures of vibe […]

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Why Loyalty Begins at the Payment

How B2B buyers’ needs differ from consumer checkout Loyalty is so often only thought of in terms of points, perks and post-purchase campaigns. And while those are important, it’s not the whole picture. The payment experience is where convenience, trust and operational fit either come together seamlessly or start to unravel. In business-to-business (B2B), where […]

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The Precarious Framework Underpinning Stablecoins’ Rise

If structured as they are at present, most decentralized protocols may lead to sanctions-framework violations and — potentially — partial bans or heavy fines from the Treasury and other government bodies.  At the core of what we’re doing in defi, permissionlessness is a feature, not a bug. There’s no way to use what’s already in […]

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Stablecoins on the Menu as Fed Meets in Jackson

All eyes are on Wyoming this week as the Federal Reserve will be meeting for its annual Jackson Hole Symposium, hosted by the Kansas City Fed. Among the items on the menu: the latest research from top economists (which may sound like a snooze fest, but it’s worth paying attention to, as some of the […]

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Making Sense of the Massive Shift in the Loyalty Technology Provider Market

Discovering a Secret in Loyalty Technology The loyalty technology provider industry has experienced tremendous growth over the past 5 years, while the names of companies qualifying as the biggest winners have changed dramatically. Some familiar names have slipped in prominence, others have been acquired, and there is a contingent of players registering remarkable success who […]

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#696: Loyalty Lessons ex Starbucks USA – Joy Das Gupta

Today we are re-publishing this fantastic episode from our archive as our planned episode has been delayed for technical reasons. Our guest Joy Das Gupta has built an incredible career in loyalty, spending over thirteen years shaping many of the most exciting and innovative propositions at Starbucks in the US market. Now an independent loyalty consultant, Joy […]

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Partnership Combines Industry-Leading Go-To Market Intelligence Solutions For More Effective, Efficient, and Personalized Buyer Journey

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — AUGUST 14, 2025 — Madison Logic, the leading global digital Account-Based Marketing (ABM) activation platform, and ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM), the Go-To-Market Intelligence platform, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver enhanced capabilities across B2B audience planning, prospecting, and marketing attribution. The exclusive collaboration brings together two of the most powerful B2B solutions to […]

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