A mechanism or tactic · 1880 · Retail
The trading stamp
A loyalty scheme by paper coupon, redeemable at any participating shop, popular decades before loyalty cards existed.
The first loyalty scheme, and it is already the whole modern mechanism: a discount in exchange for the customer choosing this shop repeatedly. The paper only changed.
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