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1. Air Miles Canada: Rebranding the Air Miles Reward Program Case Study Presentation Wallamboklang Rynjah Brand Management

2. In short About the Case… To re-energize the brand & the 9 million active household accounts To refocus the brand’s premier position in the loyalty industry

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougww/577957052/ Customers 1. Sponsors More than 100 brand name business partners Canada Safeway, Bank of Montreal, Shell Canada & Amex Bank of Canada generated 44.6% of the program’s revenue in 2005 AIR MILES reward miles : Reward & Incentive

5. How Does it Benefit the Sponsors?

6. 2. The Collectors Individual consumers & households The program has issued about 17 billion reward miles since inception in 1992

7. 3. Suppliers http://www.flickr.com/photos/djs1021/43672433/in/set-72157608136968732/ Airlines, Leisure, Entertainment Providers, and manufacturers of consumer electronics The Program features more than 300 suppliers

9. Differentiation

10. The Rebranding Of Air Miles Canada

11. Ranked among the top 3 loyalty programs in the world… Well Known Brand in Canada With 97% awareness among Canadians Then why Go for Rebranding??

12. Canadian Loyalty Market was becoming saturated

13. Credit card loyalty programs were growing in popularity 97% of the Canadian households participate in at least one loyalty program, 73% had three or more & 53% had four or more loyalty cards

14. Segmentation The Next Best The best Maintain Low

15. The Rebranding Methodology Look outwards at the competitive scenario (Gaps in the Market) Look inwards to the heart of what the company stands for Provide an opportunity for Air Miles as a brand to become more meaningful to consumers

18. Storytelling http://www.flickr.com/photos/impala74/2541455399/ According to Edward Wachtman, CEO of the Storytelling Consultancy……

19. Storytelling http://www.flickr.com/photos/impala74/2541455399/ Each story was personal & different Each story began with a sense of hope for the future…

20. Storytelling http://www.flickr.com/photos/impala74/2541455399/ Then there was crisis…

21. Storytelling … and then a helping hand came along

22. Storytelling http://www.flickr.com/photos/impala74/2541455399/ Each story ended with a resolution…. The goal was achieved That was the Reward

23. Storytelling Then there was a second level of Reward… http://www.flickr.com/photos/impala74/2541455399/

24. Lessons from the Storytelling Research http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/766758756/ A reward that came out of the blue was not as valuable as the reward that was hard earned The work of collecting has intrinsic value The exchange of value was critical to the feeling of being rewarded Emotions associated with “ feeling rewarded ” were deep-rooted

25. The Notion of double reward… The matter here is that the material reward matters little in and of itself…

26. Lessons from the Storytelling Research Learning from the storytelling research was a defining moment…

27. Hired a Brand Agency to work on a 2 minute Video (Sponsors & Employees) The Campaign Manager, Papadatos, met with all 600 call-center employees Developed TV Commercials, radio spots, direct marketing, video’s message from the Co.’s president to the Sponsors & their employees The New Creative Platform Monitoring of the Campaign….

28. Will this be the platform for building lasting engagement with Collectors???

29. Thank You

30. Q&A Shoot!!!