Grocery store loyalty cards promise discounts and special offers, but some are actually designed to make consumers spend more, not less. Instead of helping you save, they use tactics and pricing ...

Sure, it’s not very flattering to pull out a key chain full of not only keys, but also those cards from all the stores you visit, often and not so often. But there’s a reason grocery stores and other ...

Store loyalty programs used to be simple: You’d get a punch card at a local sub shop, buy eight sandwiches and get your ninth for free. It felt like a transparent “thank you” for your business. But ...

Last week's column about loading e-coupons to loyalty cards led to - what else - lots of reader comments about store loyalty cards. Whether they love them or loathe them, my readers are chiming in.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Retail loyalty programs are gaining ground. More than just a bonus, customers are now beginning to expect them. Now even small merchants are getting in on the programs. Some of ...

Supermarket loyalty schemes could help diagnose ten types of cancer earlier by flagging tell-tale changes in the shopping habits of customers, researchers say. Increased purchasing of particular ...

Companies have been treating loyalty programs less like reward systems and more like data-harvesting tools. Here's what to ask yourself before signing up for one. Store loyalty programs used to be ...