Episode 494

#494 : Exploring Loyalty: The Co-Op's Membership Program with Dean Harris

Published on: 7th February, 2024

This episode focuses on The Co-Op’s membership programme, featuring insights from Dean Harris, the Head of Membership Commercial at The Co-Op.

He is a retail marketing leader with 15 years of experience across retail media, loyalty, CRM, trade planning, advertising, and customer strategy. Dean began his career in advertising working on McCann Erickson’s B2B client portfolio, before moving to the Co-op where he has spent more than a decade driving the growth of the food and life services businesses in a variety of functions.

In his current role he manages the suite of member rewards (personalised offers, gamification, exclusive deals), oversees the retail media proposition and is responsible for ensuring that The Co-op Members’ best interests are considered whenever their data is moved, shared or used.


Today we will be learning about Dean’s favourite loyalty programmes, the trends he is watching closely and all about The Co-Op’s unique membership programme!


 


Hosted by Charlie Hills.




Show Notes :


1) Dean Harris


2) The Co-Op


3) European Loyalty White Paper


4) Mando-Connect


5) YouGov



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Let's Talk Loyalty
“Let’s Talk Loyalty” is an industry podcast for loyalty marketing professionals.

If you work in loyalty marketing, join us every week to learn the latest ideas and marketing insights from loyalty specialists around the world.

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Paula Thomas

Paula Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Let’s Talk Loyalty and Loyalty TV

Paula Thomas is an award-winning podcaster who founded the “Let’s Talk Loyalty” podcast and business in 2019, and Loyalty TV in 2023.

She has over twenty-five years blue-chip marketing experience, including almost a decade leading consumer loyalty programmes in multiple sectors including telecommunications, the energy sector, banking and airline loyalty programmes.

She is from Ireland and lives in Dubai.

Paula is a former judge for the “International Loyalty Awards”, and the author of the book “Driving Loyalty in Convenience Retail”.

She holds an Executive MBA from Smurfit Business College, one of Ireland’s top universities, and is a “Certified Loyalty Marketing Professional”.