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17/04/2025

I am proud to share an important milestone: Reward has officially given back $2 billion in cashback to customers. This achievement not only reflects the incredible journey we’ve been on but also reinforces our commitment to making everyday spending more rewarding for customers around the world.

23/02/2023

Easter is the make-or-break event of the first half of the year and marks the peak of springtime shopping. But with squeezes on consumer finances, what can we expect from Easter 2023?

21/12/2022

Performance was better than expected, despite low expectations set by analysts and the press. Consumers took advantage of early November deals and switched to shopping instore, buying money-saving items.

16/12/2022

To some extent all customers will feel the impact of the of rises in tax and spending cuts and will be worse off next year and this will mean hard times for retailers.

17/11/2022

Thinking of your customers as ‘new’ or ‘existing’ could be hindering your sales performance.   

31/10/2022

Black Friday is less than a month away, with many retailers having set their plans months in advance. But against a backdrop of a constantly changing macro-economic environment, the question of price discounts as a valid tactic is a hot topic. Would retailers be better advised to protect margins rather than sales volumes?

11/10/2022

Consumers are more and more turning to the German discount supermarkets, Aldi and Lidl, as a way to save money on their weekly food shop, due to the cost-of-living crisis. Reward’s payments dataset of over 10M UK cardholders allows us to track how consumers are switching their grocery shopping habits.

05/10/2022

As UK fashion sales continue to suffer, are retailers prioritising budgets over investment in brand perception and a fully integrated shopping experience?

28/09/2022

The Government energy tariff cap announcement lifts the gloom, but challenges for retailers are not over just yet.

13/09/2022

This summer we saw newspaper headlines covering the chaos at airports as holidaymakers tried to get away.  Now that we've put summer behind us we're sharing our reflections on how consumers behaved across the summer holiday period, and our projections for what's going to happen next.