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Loyalty made personal

Industry players make the case for why brands must build strong emotional connections that transcend transactional loyalty mechanics in the Middle East.

Loyalty made

At the halfway mark of the 2020s, consumer behaviour has changed significantly, with shoppers calling for recognition, trust and value-alignment from the brands they welcome into their lives. 
Shoppers want their brands of choice to truly know them. As a result, brands are shifting their loyalty marketing strategies, evolving from transactional point-reward systems to complex tech powerhouses
that intimately interact with individual shoppers. 
In the UAE, 87 per cent of consumers are more likely to shop frequently if they receive personalised special offers, according to research by Comarch. 37 per cent of Saudi Arabia’s respondents join loyalty programmes for the value of rewards. 


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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.