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- Dec 162019
Jumbo Electronics and PointsPay to Provide Points Redemption Choices for Loyalty Programs
Dubai | UAE, 16th December 2019
Jumbo Electronics, the leading OmniChannel retailer in the Middle Eastern region and PointsPay, Loylogic's market-leading e-payment platform, have announced an exciting new partnership, allowing members of leading loyalty programs to redeem points and miles directly when shopping on Jumbo's e-commerce website.
- Nov 262019
Loylogic Appoints Gabi Kool as the new Chief Commercial Officer
Zurich, Switzerland | 26th November 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in creating and running e-commerce solutions for loyalty programs, announces the appointment of Gabi Kool as their new Chief Commercial Officer. Gabi joins the current executive team of Loylogic and is based at the Loylogic headquarters in Zurich.
- Oct 302019
Loylogic Launches Reward Store on Aon's Digital Wellbeing Platform
Zurich, Switzerland | 30th October 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in creating and running e-commerce solutions for loyalty programs announces the launch of a reward store for Well One, Aon plc's new digital health engagement platform. The goal of the Well One platform is designed to help organizations enhance business performance by improving the health and wellbeing of their workforce.
- Sep 242019
Loylogic Appoints Kapil Kapoor as the new Chief Technology Officer
Zurich, Switzerland | Pune, India | 24th September 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in creating and running e-commerce solutions for loyalty programs, announces the appointment of Kapil Kapoor as their new Chief Technology Officer. Kapil joins the current executive team of Loylogic in its Technology Hub in Pune, India and will be leading the entirety of the technology organization of Loylogic that includes engineering, product, and user experience.
- Sep 032019
Miles & More and Loylogic Announce the Launch of Loylogic's new Transfer Miles Solution
Zurich, Switzerland | 3rd September 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Miles & More, the largest frequent flyer and awards programme in Europe, have launched Loylogic's cutting-edge Transfer Miles Solution. 'Mileage Services by Loylogic in association with Miles & More' enables members to transfer their accrued award miles to accounts of other Miles & More members.
- Jul 302019
Japan Airlines Partners with Loylogic and Ascenda to Launch JAL Mileage Bank World Marketplace
Zurich, Switzerland | 30th July 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in creating and running e-commerce solutions for loyalty programs, Ascenda, a global provider of premium rewards solutions and Japan Airlines announce the launch of JAL Mileage Bank World Marketplace ("JMB World Marketplace"). With this partnership, Japan Airlines is expanding and strengthening their loyalty program offering in order to increase customer acquisition and provide a superior program experience to their JAL Mileage Bank members in Japan and around the world.
- Jul 112019
Cobone and PointsPay Partner to Provide More Redemption Possibilities for Loyalty Programs
Zurich, Switzerland | 11th July 2019
Cobone, the number one deals and discount platform in the Middle East and PointsPay, Loylogic's leading shopping portal, announce a partnership that allows loyalty program members to redeem their points and miles directly when shopping at Cobone.
- Jul 102019
Loylogic Appoints Robert Clements as the new Head of Points Solutions
Zurich, Switzerland | 10th July 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in creating and running e-commerce solutions for loyalty programs, announces the appointment of Robert Clements as their new head of points solutions. As Loylogic continues to take on new clients and partners in this field, Rob joined the company as the new product lead for points solutions.
- Jun 262019
Aileen Parsons Joins Loylogic as the new Head of PointsPay Solution
Zurich, Switzerland | London, United Kingdom | 26th June 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in creating and running e-commerce solutions for loyalty programs, announces the appointment of Ms. Aileen Parsons as their new head of PointsPay, Loylogic's leading loyalty solution and payment platform. Aileen joins Loylogic as PointsPay continues to rapidly grow and expand in the loyalty payment market. She comes with more than 15 years of experience in online payments and e-commerce across a wide range of industry verticals with PayPal.
- May 232019
Irish Life and Loylogic Announce Partnership for a Reward Store for the MyLife Health App
Zurich, Switzerland | 23rd May 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Irish Life, Ireland's leading life and pensions insurance provider, announce the launch of a reward store for Irish Life's new and innovative health and well-being app, MyLife. The MyLife app encourages people to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and it rewards them for doing so. Irish Life customers will have access to a reward store built by Loylogic, and will be able to claim rewards for their healthy behaviour through this store.
- Apr 292019
Loylogic Announces Expansion of Business Operations to Japan
Zurich, Switzerland | 29th April 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, announces its business expansion in Japan by opening its eight office to be located in Tokyo. With this new strategic location, Loylogic expands its international reach and increases its presence for existing and new customers in Japan and the APAC region.
- Apr 032019
Icelandair and Loylogic Announce a Strategic Partnership for a Global Travel Rewards Portal
Zurich, Switzerland | 3rd April 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Icelandair Saga Club, Icelandair's loyalty program, announce a partnership to launch Loylogic's cutting edge travel platform in the coming months. The global portal enables Saga Club members to collect or redeem points, and a combination of both, by booking hotels and renting cars from thousands of offers across the world.
- Feb 042019
Atlasglobal and Loylogic Announce a Strategic Partnership for Akruu
Zurich, Switzerland | 4th February 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Atlasglobal, a leading Turkish Airline, announce a strategic partnership for Loylogic's cutting edge, co-branded earning solution, Akruu. Through this collaboration, Atlasmiles aims to deepen member engagement by enabling their members to earn more miles through Akruu's innovative earning modules, thereby leading to increased program revenue.
- Jan 072019
Royal Jordanian and Loylogic Deepen their Partnership by Launching a Global Reward Portal as well as Buy and Gift Miles
Zurich, Switzerland | Amman, Jordan | 7th January 2019
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Royal Jordanian Airlines have extended their partnership by launching an additional three of Loylogic's leading solutions for their Royal Club loyalty program: Buy and Gift Miles solution as well as REX, the global rewards portal.
- Dec 132018
Sharaf DG and PointsPay by Loylogic to Provide Points Redemption Choices for Leading Loyalty Programs
Zurich, Switzerland | 13th December 2018
Sharaf DG and PointsPay announce an exciting new Exclusive partnership that allows loyalty program members to redeem points when shopping online. As such, Members of major loyalty programs like Etihad Guest and Smiles by Etisalat are now able to spend their miles or points at Sharaf DG.com by simply logging to their accounts and making payments in easy 3 steps process.
- Sep 252018
Kuwait Airways and Loylogic Announce a Strategic Partnership for Akruu
Zurich, Switzerland | 25th September 2018
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Kuwait Airways' frequent flyer program, Oasis Club, announce a strategic partnership for Loylogic's cutting edge, co-branded earn solution Akruu. Through this partnership, Oasis club aims to boost member engagement by providing more innovative ways to collect Oasis Club Miles.
- Sep 062018
Loylogic Appoints Lansy Joseph as their New Chief Innovation Officer
Zurich, Switzerland | 6th September 2018
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, announces the appointment of Lansy Joseph as their new Chief Innovation Officer. Lansy, a strong advocate for innovation and technology, has worked with Loylogic for almost a decade in different roles on the technology and product development side. He has played an integral role in developing and driving the company's technology and innovation roadmap spanning ideation to commercialization and worked on turnkey solutions, such as the conversion of points to Cryptocurrency feature that has been shortlisted for the 2017 Mega Award in Loyalty.
- Aug 062018
Mawarid Finance and Loylogic Announce a Strategic Partnership for Akruu
Zurich, Switzerland | 6th August 2018
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Mawarid Finance PJSC, a leading Islamic finance and investments group licensed by the UAE Central Bank, announce a strategic partnership for Loylogic's cutting edge earn solution Akruu. The common objective is to provide more opportunities to collect points and consequently more value to the members of the Falak Tayyeb loyalty program thereby enabling them to reach their redemption goal faster.
- Jul 092018
Malaysia Airlines Enrich and Loylogic Announce the Launch of Loylogic's New BUY Miles Solution
Zurich, Switzerland | 9th July 2018
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Enrich the frequent flyer program of Malaysia Airlines have partnered to implement the new Loylogic Buy Miles Solution. The collaboration kicks off the launch of Loylogic's new cutting-edge Buy Miles platform, which enables members of a loyalty program to acquire more of their program's miles in a fast and seamless way. It is supporting the objective of programs and members alike, to offer a simple solution, through which the member's miles balance can be increased instantly and without further accrual effort. The possibility to simply buy more miles also plays an important role in ensuring the greatest member engagement of a program and its ROI.
- Jul 052018
Loylogic Launches Their New Buy, Gift and Transfer Technology Platform with Aggressive Price Positioning
Zurich, Switzerland | 5th July 2018
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, announces its strategic entrance into the Buy-Gift-Transfer (BGT) market with its new BGT-module by offering a state of the art technology platform combined with excellent commercials. Leaving out the service fee completely in their pricing model, Loylogic's plug and play solution can be integrated within a few weeks and deliver substantial program revenue almost immediately at a cost of 60-90% below that of current solution providers.
- Jun 112018
SWISS Miles & More and Loylogic Announce a Strategic Partnership on PointsPay to Offer Increased Member Choice and Flexibility
Zurich, Switzerland | 11th June 2018
A new strategic collaboration has been launched between SWISS Miles & More, part of the biggest frequent flyer and awards programme in Europe, and Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, with the goal to provide more choice and value to the SWISS Miles & More members through Loylogic's powerful one button solution PointsPay.
- Jun 112018
SWISS Miles & More and Loylogic Disrupt Online Earn and Burn With PointsPay
London, UK | 11th June 2018
By Akif Khan, Head of PointsPay at Loylogic
Today, the majority of airline loyalty programs drive non-air redemptions via a combination of channels such as their online reward shops, vouchers and gift cards, hotel and car rental partnerships, and even direct redemption possibilities with selected partners. The reward shop model in particular has worked well for a long time, but it's under pressure in a world where consumer expectations are constantly rising in the face of the relentless growth and sophistication of ecommerce.
- Jun 042018
Jumeirah and Loylogic Announce the Launch of the Global Rewards Platform for the Jumeirah Sirius Programme
Zurich, Switzerland | 4th June 2018
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programmes, and Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts, the global luxury hospitality company, have launched a cutting edge rewards platform for the Jumeirah Sirius recognition and rewards programme.
- May 242018
Can loyalty programs finally overcome the engagement versus breakage conundrum?
London, UK | 24th May 2018
By Oli Dervey, Head of Strategy, Loylogic
Ever since loyalty programs evolved from a means to retain customers to a means to generate cash for their operators, there is an inherent tension between reaping profits from expiring points and engaging members through rewards. New redemption options may offer a way out of this conundrum.
- May 022018
Loylogic and Trelleborg Wheel Systems Announce Partnership for AgriPlus Rewards Program
Zurich, Switzerland | 2nd May 2018
For the first time Loylogic and Trelleborg Wheel Systems, launch a global loyalty program for the agricultural industry. The global leader and provider of loyalty program solutions Loylogic, is delighted to enter this new loyalty terrain with the Trelleborg Group, a world leader in engineered polymer solutions and global supplier of tires in the agricultural industry, with the purpose of creating and operating a state-of-the art loyalty experience new to this sector.
- Apr 272018
Loylogic, dacadoo and Sanagate Announce Partnership for the SanaHealth Reward Programme
Zurich and Lucerne | 27th April 2018
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programmes, and Sanagate, the Swiss online health insurance announce, together with partner dacadoo, the launch of a new loyalty programme for the health and insurance industry. Sanagate made the next step in the digital health prevention for their customers in 2017 when it added the digital health engagement platform SanaHealth to their offering. It engages users in holistic health, including exercise, nutrition, sleep, stress and mental wellbeing. Loylogic, dacadoo and Sanagate now launch a new loyalty points system on the SanaHealth platform to reward users for healthy behavior.
- Aug 222017
Loylogic and Coinify Partner to Offer First-Ever Loyalty Currency Conversion into a Cryptocurrency
Zurich and Copenhagen
23 August 2017
Loylogic Inc., the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Coinify ApS, a leading blockchain payment service provider, announce a strategic and innovative global partnership. The new feature, which continues to offer millions of loyalty program members with unparalleled flexibility by providing Bitcoin as a redemption option, can now be found on Loylogic's industry leading Reward Experience Platform.
- May 042017
dacadoo and Loylogic announce global strategic partnership
Zurich , Switzerland
04 May 2017
dacadoo AG, a leading global digital health engagement platform, and Loylogic Inc., the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, announce a global strategic partnership. dacadoo will integrate Loylogic's reward solution and shop in its digital and mobile health engagement platform to offer a seamless end-to-end user experience to the members of dacadoo's Health and Life Insurance clients as well as other customers around the world.
- Apr 272017
Akruu.com's Latest Feature, Gift Miles, Offers 30% More Miles, And That's Not All
Atlanta, GA
27 April , 2017
Gift Miles offers an average of 30% bonus miles to Members, without compromising industry-leading, low commission fees.
Loylogic has recently launched Gift Miles, a new Akruu.com feature, which gives program members the ability to purchase miles for their friends and family. As with all other ways of earning on Akruu, Gift Miles offers the best value per mile purchased to the consumers which in turn ensures increased engagement and improved economics for the programs.
- Apr 032017
Etisalat Rewards Partners with PointsPay: Members can now earn or redeem points shopping online
Abu Dhabi and Zurich
04 April 2017
Etisalat Rewards and PointsPay announce an exciting new redemption and accrual channel for Etisalat Reward members, allowing them to earn or redeem their Etisalat Reward Points when shopping online.
- Mar 142017
Jumeirah and Loylogic Announce Partnership for Jumeirah Sirius Recognition and Rewards Loyalty Programme
Dubai and Zurich
15 March 2017
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programmes, and Jumeirah Sirius, Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts' global recognition and rewards programme, are partnering to design and deliver a state-of-the-art reward solution for Jumeirah Sirius' global membership base.
- Mar 032017
The Convergence of Loyalty and Payments
Zurich, Switzerland
05 March 2017
Akif Khan, Head of PointsPay, Loylogic
Loyalty and payments have always been closely linked, of course, with both being focussed on value exchange. In the case of loyalty, brands providing benefits to customers in exchange for their continued business. In the case of payments, brands providing goods to customers in exchange for monetary value.
- Feb 132017
Dominic Hofer's Interview With The Wise Marketer
Zurich, Switzerland
10 Feb, 2017
An Interview with The Wise Marketer CEO Rick Ferguson and Loylogic CEO and Founder, Dominic Hofer.
In this Q&A, Dominic discusses the durability of the loyalty model, the need for new tech on both the earn and burn side of loyalty programs, and the industries that will drive future loyalty innovation.
- Jan 172017
Finnair's Loyalty Program Finnair Plus Joins Akruu
Atlanta, GA – January 17, 2017
Now, you can earn Finnair Plus Points on Akruu.com.
Connect your Finnair Plus account with Akruu and earn points for your online shopping.
- Dec 072016
Royal Jordanian Airlines Partners With Akruu
Atlanta, GA – December 7, 2016
Now, you can earn Royal Plus Miles on Akruu.com.
Akruu is the new, smart way, for Royal Plus members all over the world to earn more miles by aligning Royal Plus award miles accrual with consumer lifestyle. Akruu offers a revolutionised way of earning by bringing together multiple ways to accrue, along with an increasing selection of loyalty currencies into one website.
- Nov 302016
Loylogic Launches Buy Miles Plus Module on Akruu.com
The new module enables members to purchase top-up miles/points, while saving the program up to 75% over traditional commission rates
Atlanta, Georgia – Dec 1, 2016 – Today, Loylogic has launched Buy Miles Plus, a new Akruu.com module, which offers more points to program members (through the ability to purchase top-up points/miles), facilitating earlier redemption: a significant factor in ensuring the highest possible member engagement and ROI for the program.
- Nov 162016
Eurowings Boomerang Club Launches with Akruu
Now, you can earn Boomerang Club Miles on Akruu.com
Atlanta, GA – November 17, 2016
Akruu offers members of participating loyalty programs to earn miles through an online platform in an unparalleled way.
- Nov 102016
Malaysia Airlines' Enrich Loyalty Program Launches with Akruu
Enrich Announces Partnership with Akruu
Atlanta, GA – November 10, 2016
There Are Now More ways to earn miles for Malaysia Airlines' frequent flyers.
- Nov 072016
Gulf Air's Falconflyer Loyalty Program Launches with Akruu
Now, you can earn Falconflyer Miles on Akruu.com
Atlanta, GA – November 7, 2016
The Kingdom of Bahrain's national carrier, Gulf Air, today announced a partnership with Akruu, an online portal that is changing the way miles are earned by providing members of participating loyalty programs with daily, constantly-evolving offers. Akruu aims to deepen member engagement by encouraging earlier and aspirational reward opportunities by making earning [akruuing] a part of everyday life.
- Oct 312016
Loylogic Launches Akruu, an Industry-leading Loyalty Solution Offering New Ways to Earn Points/Miles from Multiple Program Currencies
Programs Using Akruu Will Experience a Significant Boost in Member Engagement, Revenue and Brand Loyalty
Atlanta, GA – November 1, 2016 – Loylogic, the leading loyalty solutions provider, has launched Akruu, an innovative online solution that provides loyalty program members with unparalleled flexibility in earning points/miles. As such, Akruu is able to create a significant boost in member engagement and revenue for loyalty programs that are participating in Akruu.
- Sep 202016
Making Your Points Loved (Even More!) Through Data
Piyush Khandelwal, Chief Operating Officer
Loylogic's mission is to make your points loved more and our passion is to continue to find ways in which program points become more attractive to the consumers.
- Jul 252016
Ooredoo and Loylogic Announce Redesign of Nojoom Loyalty Program
Kuwait and Zurich
Loylogic, the global leader in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, and Ooredoo, the leader in providing telecommunications in Kuwait, have entered into a strategic partnership to redesign Ooredoo's award winning loyalty program, Nojoom.
- Jun 292016
80% of Frequent Flyers want to find ways to earn points more easily and Loylogic is ensuring the industry is ready. Coming Soon: Akruu!
Zurich, Switzerland
Member engagement in loyalty programs is declining and the limitations that earning online offers is contributing to this. In the coming weeks, Loylogic will launch Akruu, a multi-module points accrual platform, which is a way to address this decline in a cost effective way to programs.
- Jun 152016
JetPrivilege and Loylogic Partner to Provide JP Members with a Brand New Reward Store
Mumbai, India and Zurich, Switzerland
JetPrivilege (JP), the frequent flyer programme of Jet Airways, will now be offering their members the opportunity to redeem their JP Miles in the brand new JP Reward Store.
- Mar 012016
Loylogic Wins Industry Award for Its Bold and Exciting New Look
Zürich, Switzerland
Loylogic, the leader in global e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, is pleased to announce that it has been recognised in the annual REBRAND 100® Global Awards for its recent rebranding project, which set out to give the company an updated image- one that is better aligned with its business philosophy.
- Feb 152016
Loylogic Announces PointsPay Checkout, a Unique New e-Payment System Which Lets Loyalty Program Members Pay with Points on a Range of Websites
Zürich, Switzerland
Loylogic, the leader in global e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, has developed a new solution to allow loyalty program members to spend their miles and points when shopping online
- Jan 202016
This Year, We Traded in Chocolate for Education
Zurich, Switzerland
This past holiday season, our partnership with Aiducation inspired us to make our holiday rendition a little bit different but a lot more meaningful.
- Dec 162015
Alitalia and Loylogic Kick-off Their Partnership with the New MilleMiglia Gallery, a Brand new Shopping Experience
ROME and ZURICH
Loylogic, the leader in global e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, are teaming up with the national Italian airline Alitalia to create a new rewards platform- MilleMiglia Galleria for the Launch of New MilleMiglia Gallery, a brand new shopping experience to reward yourself.
- Sep 072015
Shopping Online with Points and Miles Made Easier with Loylogic's New Browser Add-on for PointsPay.
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leader in global e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, has developed a brilliant browser add-on for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer for its innovative PointsPay solution.
- Jul 222015
Loylogic and SunTec turn customer data into loyalty points for banks
Zurich, Switzerland and London, UK – First-in-kind global partnership helps banks to make full use of customer intelligence and deliver rewards on any interface.
- Jun 082015
Loylogic announces expansion and relocation of India office
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leading global innovator of e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs announced today the relocation if its India office.
- Jun 012015
Loylogic expands London presence with new office move
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the global paradigm of points based e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs announced today the relocation of its office in London.
- Mar 262015
Almost 88 % of frequent flyers have a redemption goal in mind – but do programs know that goal?
Loylogic, the leader in global e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, has provided insight into the behaviour and preferences of how frequent fliers redeem and collect miles and/or points.
- Oct 172014
Unveiling a Brand of Choice
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leader in global e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs, today announced its new brand identity, including an evolved offering suite and a redesigned website. The new brand was created to reflect the company's significant growth towards being the leading global points commerce provider and builds on the assets created over recent years. Each element of the brand identity highlights the focus on continuing to set new standards in the loyalty and virtual currency industry.
- Jun 162014
PointsPay launches Checkout Button
Zurich, Switzerland – PointsPay, the world's first mobile wallet for exchanging loyalty points or miles into more than 160 currencies that can be used at 32 million merchants worldwide, today announced the launch of its PointsPay Checkout.
- May 022014
Loylogic expands its global Sales Team to drive growth
Zurich, Switzerland - Loylogic, the leading global innovator in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty programs announced today the expansion of its sales team to address significant worldwide growth and demand for its earn and burn solutions.
- Apr 072014
Loylogic entering the Nordic Markets
Zurich, Switzerland and Copenhagen, Denmark – Loylogic, the leading global provider of points earn and burn solutions today announced to expand its global presence with the opening of a representative office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Jan 312014
PointsPay launched NFC-enabled card
Zurich, Switzerland – PointsPay, the world's first mobile wallet for exchanging loyalty points or miles into more than 160 currencies that can be used at 32 million merchants worldwide, announces updates to the PointsPay Card, making it more user-friendly than ever.
- Oct 292013
PointsPay Wins Banking IT-Innovation Award 2013
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leading innovator of loyalty e-commerce and e-payment solutions, has received the "Banking IT Innovation Awards 2013" award. The award was announced on October 10th by the "Sourcing in the Finance Industry" competence centre comprising industry sector experts and representatives of the Universities of Leipzig, St. Gallen and Zurich.
- Jun 212013
Loylogic - How Loyalty Payment Can Help Digital Wallets To Break Through
Loyalty points redemption at the point-of-sale may just be the preferred mechanism for strengthening loyalty by giving members the value they desire, the redemption choice they seek, and the flexibility they need. And, at the same time, it provides for that strong use case that digital wallets need in order break through user adoption: consumer can pay with new money and merchants get access to new money.
Loylogic - Why Loyalty Payment Can Help Digital Wallets To Break Through.pdf
- Jun 112013
PointsPay: "Best Loyalty Industry Innovation"
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leading innovator of loyalty e-commerce and e-payment solutions, has won the award for the 'Best Loyalty Industry Innovation" for PointsPay at the Loyalty Awards in London on June 11, 2013. PointsPay is the world's first global mobile payment wallet that enables payments with loyalty currencies at over 32 million merchants worldwide.
- Apr 302013
PointsPay Wins the 'Contactless & Mobile Award 2013'
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leading provider of loyalty e-commerce and e-payment solutions, has been awarded with the 'Contactless & Mobile Award 2013'. The award ceremony, sponsored by VISA Europe, was held on April 30 in London. The award is the second recognition for Loylogic from the payment industry, after winning the 'MPE Loyalty Award' few weeks back in Berlin.
- Feb 202013
PointsPay Wins the 'MPE Loyalty Award'
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leading innovator of loyalty e-commerce and e-payment solutions, was awarded with the 'MPE Loyalty Award' at the prestigious 2013 Merchant Payment Ecosystem event in Berlin. The recognition was given for the launch of PointsPay, the world's first mobile wallet which enables payment with loyalty currencies at over 32 million merchants worldwide.
- Jan 222013
Loylogic and Leading Global Shipping Company Sign Deal, Resulting in The World's First Global, Fully Integrated Loyalty Distribution Network
Zurich, Switzerland – In an effort to leverage its global shipping volume to drive down costs and bring high quality tracking services to online shoppers, Loylogic partners with a leading global shipping company.
- Nov 282012
World's First and Only Global Mobile Wallet Sees Strong User Adoption with 150 Million Miles Loaded to Cash in First Month of Launch
Zurich-Kuesnacht, Switzerland – PointsPay, the world's first truly global mobile wallet and mobile payment solution was successfully launched in October together with launch program partner Etihad Airways.
- Oct 152012
Scandinavian Airlines Renews Contract with Loylogic for 20 Years; Extends Relationship with Company to Upgrade Carrier's EuroBonus Reward Shop
Zurich, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden – Loylogic, a global innovator in e-commerce and e-payment solutions for loyalty and rewards programs designed to reduce liabilities, while increasing member engagement and revenues, is renewing its contract with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to upgrade and improve the airline's EuroBonus Reward Shop.
- Sep 272012
PointsPay Launches First Mobile-Based Wallet To Convert Loyalty Points and Miles into Cash
Zurich, Switzerland – PointsPay, Inc., a company that offers a mobile wallet and payments solution for leading loyalty programs, has launched its PointsPay mobile app, the world's very first mobile-based wallet for redeeming loyalty points and miles at the point of sale (POS). Part of Loylogic, a leader in loyalty e-commerce and e-payments solutions, PointsPay is set to change the way loyalty program members redeem their points, by giving them the option to convert points or miles into more than 150 currencies, to spend in-store or online at over 30 million merchants worldwide.
- Mar 082012
Loylogic and Delta Air Lines launch International Online Shopping Portal for SkyMiles® members in 26 Latin American Countries and Canada
Atlanta, Georgia, USA – Loylogic and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announce that a new multi-country, multi-language online shopping portal was launched on March 5, 2012, giving SkyMiles® members across Canada, Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean the opportunity to earn additional SkyMiles® for their online purchases.
- Dec 012011
Loylogic Wins Loyalty Industry Mega Award for Second Consecutive Year
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic have been recognized alongside a selection of high profile winners of the 2011 Mega Awards, picking up the accolade as the 'Best in Vendor Loyalty'.
- Oct 202011
Loylogic India Technology Center Opens for Business
Zurich, Switzerland and Pune, India – Loylogic opens 6th international office in Pune. Loylogic's new in-house Technology Center will continue to elevate quality, control, efficient program design and speed-to-market for Loylogic's client base.
- Sep 252011
Loylogic and IHG launch an international ecommerce shopping site for hotel loyalty customers
Zurich, Switzerland and Atlanta, USA – The first consolidated, global, multi-language online shopping portal in the hotel loyalty industry has been launched by Loylogic and Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), giving global customers the opportunity to earn additional Priority Club Rewards Points for their online purchases.
- May 232011
Loylogic Wins Swiss Economic Award
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leading global provider of points earn and burn solutions, was announced today as the winner of the 2011 Swiss Economic Award, the most prestigious entrepreneur award in Switzerland.
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- May 152011
Loylogic Adds Groupon Deals to Global Rewards Network
Zurich, Switzerland and Atlanta, USA – Loylogic, the leader in global earn and burn points solutions, have announced the launch of a partnership with Groupon (www.groupon.com), the online shopping revelation that provides daily deals to consumers in more than 500 cities worldwide.
- Apr 212011
Loylogic Voted Swiss Economic Award Finalist
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, the leading global provider of points earn and burn solutions were today nominated as a finalist in the 2011 Swiss Economic Award, the most prestigious award for entrepreneurial businesses in Switzerland.
- Mar 312011
Loylogic goes United Kingdom
Zurich, Switzerland and Brighton, UK – Loylogic, the leading global provider of points earn and burn solutions today announced they will further expand their global operation centers, with the opening of Loylogic UK in Brighton, East Sussex.
- Jan 032011
Loylogic and Etisalat More launch global points 'earn' and 'burn' solutions
Zurich, Switzerland and Abu Dhabi, UAE – Loylogic have expanded their global client base to the innovative Etisalat More Rewards loyalty program. As a Fortune 200 Company, Etisalat is new territory for the global integrated points earn and burn machine powered by Loylogic, as it breaks into the telecommunication industry, and secures its second of the top 5 brands in the Middle East.
- Oct 252010
Loylogic wins Mega Award for 'Most Innovative Loyalty Technology'
Montreal, QC, Canada – Loylogic have been recognized at the annual Airline Information 'Mega Event' as leaders in the fields of innovation and technology, with their Loylogic EarnMall™ and Loylogic MobApp™ solutions cited as the pioneering products from their industry leading solution portfolio.
- Aug 172010
Loylogic becomes PCI DSS compliant
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic is proud to announce the receipt of the worldwide security acknowledgement of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for all payments passed through their transaction network.
- Jul 012010
Loylogic opens office in Riga, Latvia
Zurich, Switzerland and Riga, Latvia – Loylogic opens office in Riga, Latvia to service its growing client base and further expanding its global presence. Following the recent launch of the airBaltic 'BalticMiles Shop', Loylogic continues its strategy of providing dedicated resources with localized expertise to provide optimum support and loyalty expertise to their expanding client base.
- Jun 072010
Loylogic obtains United States Patent for its "Slider"
Zurich, Switzerland and Atlanta, GA USA – Loylogic further strengthens its commitment to leadership in customized reward solutions for loyalty programs. On April 13, 2010, the US Patent and Trademark Office registered the 'Slider' under Patent No. US 7,698,185 B2.
- Jan 042010
Loylogic launches the first global loyalty points earning solution
Zurich, Switzerland and Atlanta/GA, USA – Loylogic starts the year 2010 with the launch of another exciting loyalty innovation: the first truly global online points earning shopping solution. Loylogic EarnMall™ together with Loylogic EarnShop™ is the latest addition to Loylogic's fast growing portfolio of loyalty earn and burn solutions.
- Nov 232009
Loyalty program members can now redeem their points via the iPhone
Zurich, Switzerland and Atlanta/GA, USA – Loylogic will launch another innovation: the first full blown loyalty program application that allows for real-time points redemption with the Apple iPhone. MobApp™ is the latest addition to Loylogic's portfolio of loyalty solutions and enables loyalty programs around the world, to add the mobile communication channel through an easy-to-integrate and easy-to-manage turnkey solution.
- Sep 042009
Loylogic opens office in North America and confirms commitment to U.S. market by hiring top loyalty
Zurich, Switzerland – Continuing its dedication to boosting member engagement with global points-based loyalty programs, Loylogic is extending its geographic coverage with an office in the USA. The new Atlanta office complements the company's bases in Zurich, Dubai and London.
To best cater to U.S. loyalty program sponsor's needs, Loylogic has hired two seasoned professionals from the U.S. market to lead its North American operations.
- Jun 122009
Loylogic successfully launches the new SAS EuroBonus Shop
Zurich, Switzerland – Only six months after winning the pitch process, Loylogic, the leading international reward solutions provider, goes live with the new SAS EuroBonus Shop. For EuroBonus members, the Loyrewards™ 2.0 platform provides a whole new loyalty and shopping experience, with a wide range of personalized services, several redemption features and a worldwide partner network offering over 600 exciting non-flight rewards from top Scandinavian brands to a suborbital space flight.
- May 012009
Another Fabulous Performance for Etihad Guest at the Freddie Awards
Zurich, Switzerland, Fort Lauderdale/USA – For the third consecutive year, Loylogic client Etihad Guest did fantastic at the annual Freddie Awards. The frequent flyer program of Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways, won four Freddies in the Europe, Middle East and Africa category including the prestigious awards for Best Website and Best Award Redemption.
- Mar 252009
66% of Frequent Travelers Find Miles Are Worth More
Zurich, Switzerland – Following the insight gained from previous online surveys running alongside the Freddie Award voting, Loylogic has repeated the exercise for 2009; critical timing for understanding how loyalty programs may be perceived in the midst of the current economic crisis.
Loylogic, a leading reward solutions provider to loyalty programs worldwide, canvassed the opinions of more than 4,000 members from over 60 loyalty programs.
- Dec 292008
Loylogic takes SAS loyalty program to new heights
Zurich, Switzerland – Following a competitive pitch process, Loylogic, the leading international reward solutions provider, has been appointed by Scandinavian Airlines to build and operate the new SAS EuroBonus Reward Shop.
As well as wide-ranging reward and loyalty experience, Loylogic brings a growing worldwide reward merchant network to the task of strengthening, even further, the member appeal of SAS EuroBonus. The new, award-winning Loyrewards™ 2.0 platform will add another dimension to EuroBonus, taking it into 2009 in good shape to retain and attract customers.
- Oct 132008
Loylogic to launch new loyalty reward platform
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, a Leading rewards solution provider, today announced release of Loyrewards 2.0. The enriched loyalty reward platform creates a completely immersive, user-centric, fully personalized reward shopping experience that gives Loylogic clients the chance to create engaging, 360-degree customer experience on their loyalty program web sites. This is Experience Based Differentiation (EBD) in action, designed to strengthen customer loyalty through the reward process.
- Aug 112008
Loylogic becomes first COLLOQUY Network Partner in Europe
Zurich, Switzerland, Ohio/USA – As part of its continuing strategy of offering an unrivalled modular reward platform to loyalty programs on a global basis, Loylogic has announced its new affiliation with The COLLOQUY Network.
- May 062008
And the Freddie goes to
Zurich, Switzerland, Phoenix/USA – Loylogic did fantastic at the 20th Freddie Awards in Phoenix Arizona. Its client, the Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways, won four Freddie Awards, and its Frequent Flyer Program Etihad Guest was awarded the most prestigious title of 'Program of the Year 2008'.
- Mar 072008
94% of Frequent Flyers Want Miles-plus-Cash Reward Payment Option
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, a leading reward solutions provider to loyalty programs worldwide, made an online survey along with the 2008 Freddie Award voting. More than 9,000 members from 60 frequent flyer programs worldwide participated and one message came through strongly: 94% of frequent flyers want a flexible miles-plus-cash payment option when redeeming rewards.
- Jan 142008
Loylogic Built True International Reward Offering
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic, a leading reward services provider to loyalty programs worldwide, extended its reward offering from 150 to over 1,000 in the last 12 month. Even more remarkable: 75% of all rewards are shipped internationally. At the same time, Loylogic grew its global reward partner network to over 100 partners including top brands such as Apple, Azzaro, BlackBerry, Bugatti, Casio, Giorgio Armani, Kempinski, Motorola, Nike, Nintendo, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, Porsche, Ray Ban, Samsonite and many more.
- Sep 182007
Loylogic Launches Industry-first Raffle and Auction Features
Zurich, Switzerland – Loylogic launches auctions and raffles through its Loyrewards™ service. Loyalty program members now enjoy more fun while redeeming points on aspirational rewards. From the program sponsor's perspective, such redemption options spell out a partial answer to mounting points liabilities, especially in light of up-coming changes in accounting standards for loyalty schemes.
- Sep 122007
Math-Genius and INSEAD-Alumni Joins Loylogic
Zürich, Schweiz – To strengthen its technology expertise, the fast growing Swiss reward services provider Loylogic hires the Indian IT- specialist Piyush Khandelwal (31). Piyush will join Loylogic's management team in the position of Chief Technology Officer. His job is to consolidate the competitive edge of Loylogic's technology platform and make it the leading online reward-marketplace.
- May 092007
Freddie's "Industry Impact Award 2007"
Zurich, Switzerland, Arlington/USA – Thanks to Loylogic's revolutionary Loypay-technology, Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways won the "Industry Impact Award 2007" at the 19th Freddie Awards. The award honors innovations that have the biggest impact on the industry in coming years.
- Apr 112007
Loylogic Sets Course for Future
Zurich, Switzerland – In order to strengthen its management, the fast growing Swiss reward services provider Loylogic appoints former Chief Financial Officer of Geberit Group, Rudolf Huber, to its advisory board. He will support the management team in setting the course of its future growth plans.
- Dec 192006
New Reward Payment Technology Embraced by Frequent Flyers
Zurich, Switzerland – Until now, frequent flyers could only redeem their miles against rewards if they had the required miles balance. Missing miles could be purchased, but usually at overpriced rates. Loylogic introduces a new alternative called Loypay™, a revolutionary reward payment mechanism that accepts any combination of miles-plus-cash –thereby making miles more valuable than money. The patent-pending technology is based on a sophisticated algorithm which can boost the value of a single mile up to one hundred dollars or more.
- Dec 012006
Porsche on Board
Zurich, Switzerland – More than 16 trillion miles lie currently idle in frequent flyer accounts all over the world. While in the past free flights and upgrades were popular among the frequent flyer community, non-flight rewards become more and more en vogue. Especially in the weeks before Christmas, web shops are booming as they save you from distressful shopping in overly crowded malls. Loylogic, a leading Swiss reward services provider, offers rewards that are more valuable than free flights or upgrades.
- Oct 112006
Frequent flyer guru to join Loylogic
Zurich, Switzerland – 10. October, 2006 – Randy Petersen, the world's leading frequent flyer expert, has joined the advisory board of Zurich-based reward services provider Loylogic Inc. In this position, Randy will provide global support to Loylogic and promote its patent-pending Loypay™ technology, which "makes miles more valuable than money". According to Mr. Petersen, this reward-payment solution constitutes one of the most important loyalty innovations since the first frequent flyer program was launched by American Airlines back in 1983.
- Sep 062006
Loylogic: Making Miles & Points More Valuable than Money™
Zurich, Switzerland – 5. September, 2006 – Swiss-based Loylogic Inc. has launched its revolutionary Loyalty Reward Shop with Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates, where Etihad Guest members can redeem miles for Etihad Flights, stays at the world's most luxurious hotel Emirates Palace, desert rallies with their families, the latest Apple iPod or even health checks at local medical clinics. Loylogic is the only provider to integrate miles buying, bidding, gambling and giving in its reward shops. Moreover, one single mile can have a value of up to 100 US Dollars due to Loylogic's unique Loypay™ reward payment technology.


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Improve Your Way Of Life With One Of These Fitness Tips!
Fitness is one thing that is a very personal experience. There are actually routines that may be tailored specifically for a person and no one else. There are a seemingly endless number of exercise products and equipment that you can buy. This can be overwhelming. Read the following tips to acquire some order out of this chaos.
Walking can assist you to get the fitness goals that you want. If you use your heel to push off and so on to your toes last you will not put the maximum amount of pressure on the calves. Also you can work your arms. Bend your elbows and swing with every step.
Start gardening. Everyone is shocked at just how much work gardening happens to be. For instance, the garden requires weeding, digging and many squatting. Gardening is among the best hobbies to help you help you get fit.
Try counting calorie consumption to promote fitness.
When you are aware for fact how much you might be eating daily, it can help you see where you must make improvement and slim down more easily. The combination of burning calories while exercising and closely watching the amount you eat will produce quick, major results.
Create a schedule if you can find problems with you following through in your fitness routine. You should plan the amount of days a week you are going to exercise, and after that stick to that schedule rigidly. Should there be no choice but to skip a good work out, be sure you make amends for it later.
If you are bicycling, work to maintain your pace between eighty to 1-hundred and ten rpm. This make bicycling easier on your own knees and muscles. You can calculate rotations each and every minute by counting how often one of the legs comes up in the ten second period and multiply it by six. It must be around 80 to 110 times.
Getting a great fit for your personal shoes can have real fitness benefits. Carry on your shoe-shopping trip at night, because feet actually be a bit larger by the end during the day. This method makes certain that your shoes is going to be comfortable even well right into a workout. Check to be sure that you may move your toes a bit.
Prior to using machines with a gym, clean them. The individual or people before you might have left some unhealthy germs. You are going to the health club to improve your overall health to never endanger it.
It can be worth adjusting the pace of your running stride when your plans include running in a sprint race. Once your feet land after each stride, they must be within the body, not in the front. To propel yourself, push together with the toes of your respective rear leg. Practice this procedure and very soon you will notice a rise in your running speed.
Although fitness is very personal for each person, it can make anyone healthier and much more attractive. As you have experienced within these tips, there are various approaches, but they are all created around the concept of assisting you live healthier and happier..


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Unquestionable Reasons why Content Marketers Should Have Good flair for Writing
To succeed fully in field of content marketing, you have to be very fluent in the language in which most of your promotional contents flow. Mostly, English Language is considered the foremost frontline language before other native languages can then follow. But inasmuch as you intend to do good marketing, win customers and convert profitable sales; having the ability to write creatively is unequivocally essential.
Being able to create high quality and marketable writeups attracts professionalism and skill into your marketing style. Not just that it propels your status in the niche, but basically helps to catapult and expand your chances of winning each time you strike. For example, a single skilled content marketer who only optimizes contents, does the skillful promotion with them, and earns 5 customers from a single content campaign. The same marketer has the potential to earn 10 to 15 customers if he or she is skilled in content development and had developed the contents for the same campaign single-handedly. For further illustration. Let's take a look at few other enthralling reasons why content marketers should have a flair for content writing.
It helps marketers to make the right market research
Since content marketing specifically has an interconnection with writing, understanding the art of content curation helps all internet marketers to be successful in their campaign research. Assists in knowing the type of content to develop, whether a guest post, an article, a press release type of content, or perhaps targeting them through an onsite content.
It helps marketers to know the type of audience for a particular product
If you are planning to market a company that deals in kids products. Of course your target audience is not just the kids but their parents should be held in high esteem. Selling kiddies accessories and materials has never been so easy without meticulous propagation of the message to the parents or child-owners who knows is right for their kids. Therefore, in developing these contents, you already understand the rules and tricks as to the style of writing to use, the tone and types of call to action to use when wrapping up on the contents.
Content type and location of audience/customers
No content marketer expect his or her customer/audience to stand awaiting by the roadside, perhaps to read your content. Neither are you expecting them to come looking for you in your various homes and offices. If you were a prolific content writer cum marketer, it is your onus to come up with groundbreaking contents, channeled to meet these audience at their favourite hot spots. Whether on the blogs, the social media sites, review sites or perhaps as a guest post on other non related web portals etc.


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UMSI Computing
The UMSI Computing staff provides first-rate information technology services to all UMSI faculty, staff, and students. UMSI Computing is exclusive to the School of Information and should not be confused with Information Technology Services (ITS), which serves the entire University community. UMSI Computing supports the high-quality research and education that occurs at UMSI with the latest in technological services and support, including a distributed computing environment, access to campus-wide and Internet resources, and UMSI's own servers for storage and computational services. To learn more about what UMSI Computing has to offer and how to use various services, please see computing.si.umich.edu.
Free high-speed, wireless Internet access is available in all campus buildings, including North Quad (and in many locations around town). At UMSI, many class readings are posted online, so you can reduce your cost — and the paper use and carrying weight — for textbooks and articles. UMSI also provides free access to a package of Virtual Lab software and a print environment to support your needs.
MSI student laptop policy
The School of Information strongly encourages all students entering the MSI program to obtain a personal laptop computer. Laptops are used in some classes, in group projects outside of class, and of course, can serve your other information processing needs. Rather than having traditional computing lab, UMSI utilizes virtual lab technology that all students can access anytime, anywhere, making a laptop more essential.
UMSI and U-M are both PC and Mac friendly and specific recommendations are below. As long as you have a recent version of a modern operating system you should be fine in terms of being able to access the software and systems that you need. Otherwise, consider your own usage needs and preferences when selecting a laptop. UMSI does not provide support for student-owned laptops. However, if your laptop fails at a critical time, UMSI computing has a few laptops available for short term loan while your laptop is repaired.
Computer purchasing recommendations
2017-2018 recommendations coming soon!
One source for purchasing a laptop is through the University of Michigan Computer Showcase. The U-M Computer Showcase is on-campus and offers academic pricing on a selection of options. The U-M Computer Showcase Support & Repair centers offer no- and low-cost services for computers purchased in the Showcase and elsewhere.


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Please help us. We can only save as much Donner Summit history as we can gather. If you have stories, artifacts, documents, pictures, or other materials, let us know and we'll be happy to make copies, take what you've written, sit down with you and record memories, or do whatever it takes to save our history. People have been passing on history to us in the form of artifacts, memories, photographs, albums, books and other writings, etc. Many of the stories in the Heirloom or in our exhibits would have been possible without donations.
A good example of that is Chuck Oldenburg's (Serene Lakes) suggestion that we investigate Summit Camp, the longest lasting and maybe larges of the Chinese railroad workers' camps. That led to archeological sleuthing, research, multiple field trips to multiple locations, photography and writing. As of this writing a series of articles will appear in the Heirloom in the June-September, '16 issues. That then turned our attention to a broken 150 year old wok Sue Ellen Benson (Rainbow) found above Big Bend. That story too will apear in the Heirloom. None of those stories would have been possible or will be possible without the donations of materials from the public.
Working together we can tell some really good stories.
If you'd like to volunteer send us an email.
Below: Rainbow or Donner Summit Bridge completed in 1926. It was the first bridge with a rising compound curve. See our December, '08 Heirloom for more.


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3 Tips to Help Reduce Student Debt
When you're still in school, it can seem like you have all the time in the world to pay of the debts you've been accruing. You'd be surprised how short "all the time in the world" will seem in a few years, when you're on the job market and taking the first steps towards establishing your life.
At Fox-Miles & Associates Inc. Licensed Insolvency Trustee, we provide services for credit counselling in Edmonton. We know that no one intends to go into large amounts of debt. It happens in increments over several years. Despite the best intentions, people can end up in trouble from debts that began when they were in school.
How Bad is Student Debt in Canada?
If you're a student that wants to put your best foot forward after school, there are a few things you can do:
- See a professional for credit counselling in Edmonton today. No matter what the state of your finances is, you can always benefit from professional help to make sure you're on the right path. A professional will help you make a personal plan to meet your financial goals.
- Pay off student debt before taking on new debt. Most people shouldn't expect to immediately move into an expensive condo when you land your first job. Making paying off your student debt an early priority will allow you to move on to other large purchases in the future, such as a car or house.
- Practice making and sticking to a budget. Having a budget doesn't mean cutting out all luxuries. It simply means not spending more than you can afford. The sooner you get in the habit of economizing, the sooner you'll be on a path to success.
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Harper Government Approval at 34%
In our latest national survey, we asked Canadians to rate their approval of the federal government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Overall, 34% of respondents either strongly approved or approved of the job the federal government is doing (up three points since January) while 45% disapproved. The remaining 21% of respondents said they neither approved nor disapproved of the federal government's job performance.
As expected, approval of the government differs substantially across demographic, regional, and political subgroups. The charts to the right report the percentage of respondents within in each group who approve and disapprove of the federal government's job performance.
A number of findings are worth highlighting.
First, the Conservative government performs better than average among all those groups above the red bar in the first chart and performs worse than average among all groups above the red bar in the second chart.
Those that are more likely to approve of the Harper government include Ontarians, suburban voters, those living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and not surprisingly among those who support the Conservative Party current, those who voted for it in 2011, and those who make up its core base of supporters (only those who would consider voting Conservative). The Conservative government also gets above average approval scores from parents with young children (under 15).
Those who are more likely to disapprove of the Harper government include middle aged voters (45-59), voters over 60 years of age, Atlantic Canadians, Quebecers, and anyone who voted or supports another opposition party. Those most disapproving of the Conservative government are those who would consider voting Liberal and NDP, but not Conservative – the group we call flexible left.
Second, focusing more on those voter groups we have developed – fully flexible, flexible left, and flexible right (see description below) – the survey data demonstrates that the Canadian political market is really made up of two different worlds. Those that see the Conservatives as credible and acceptable versus those who do not.
Among those who would not consider voting Conservative, only 10% approve of the job the Harper government is doing compared to 70% who disapprove. Among those who would consider voting Conservative, the opposite is true – 63% approve while 16% disapprove. The weak national approval numbers for the government masks what is really happening below the surface. The electorate is highly polarized – more so then it has likely ever been since 2006.
While the Tories do trail the Liberals in vote intention (34% to 28% according to our recent numbers), the approval numbers suggest that the Tories still have an opportunity to close the gap and even take the lead. But this will require rebuilding its electoral coalition from 2011 in an environment very different from 2011.
Consider the current vote intention and past voting behaviour of the three largest voter groups in the Conservative universe (see chart below).
Among the core CPC base (those who would only consider voting Conservative and not Liberal or NDP), 86% said they would vote Conservative if an election was held at the end of February/early March. 93% of these respondents voted CPC in 2011.
Among those in the "flexible right" group, 74% voted Conservative in 2011. Now, only 42% say they would vote Conservative and 21% are undecided.
Among true swing voters, the "fully flexible" group, only 17% would vote Conservative now compared to 42% who voted Conservative in 2011.
The reason the Tories are trailing the Liberals nationally is because they have lost considerable support among flexible right and fully flexible voters who have shifted to the Liberals.
While the base still approves of the government, the government has lost considerable support among the less partisan, centre-right voter. The irony is that most of these voters still approve of the job performance of the government but something is either attracting them to the Liberals or causing them to flee the Tories.
In many respects, these flexible right voters are the target of the Tory anti-Trudeau advertising. Raising doubts about the alternative (Trudeau and the Liberals) seems to be their strategy for winning these voters back.
What these numbers make clear is that the Conservative Party's future is dependent upon whether its core turns out and whether it can rebuild support among flexible right and fully flexible voters. This is no easy task with a energized Liberal Party poaching large chunks of its past support. But considering that the market outside of the 45% who would consider voting Conservative is a political wasteland for the government , re-election will only occur if it can successfully rebuilding past support among the centre-right and centrist swing voters.
Fully flexible – would consider voting NDP, Liberal, Conservative (13% of electorate).
Flexible left– would consider voting Liberal and NDP, but not Conservative (21% of electorate).
Flexible right – would consider voting Conservative and Liberal, but not NDP (13% of electorate).
Flexible anti-Liberal – would consider voting Conservative and NDP, but not Liberal (6% of electorate)
Survey Methodology
The survey was conducted online with 1,249 respondents in English and French on a survey platform programmed and managed by Abacus Data. A random sample of panelists was invited to complete the survey from a large representative panel of Canadians, recruited and managed by Research Now, one of the world's leading provider of online research samples.
The Marketing Research and Intelligence Association policy is to limit statements about margins of sampling error with regard to most online panels. The margin of error for a comparable probability-based random sample of the same size is +/- 2.8%, 19 times out of 20.
The data were weighted according to census data to ensure that the sample matched Canada's population according to age, gender, educational attainment, and region. Totals may not add up to 100 due to rounding. For more information please contact David Coletto, CEO at email@example.com or at 613-232-2806.
Abacus Data is an innovative, fast growing research consultancy, providing public opinion and marketing research using the latest technology, sound science, and deep experience to help generate top-flight research based advice to our clients. We deliver global research capacities with a strong customer service orientation, fierce attention to detail and providing extraordinary value.
Our team combines the experience of our Chairman Bruce Anderson, one of Canada's leading research executives for two decades, with the energy, creativity and research expertise of CEO David Coletto, PhD. For more information, visit our website at http://www.abacusdata.ca/


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When I visited my family in Sicily last spring, I ate almost continuously for a week. In those six days, I forgot what it felt like to be hungry. This, I suppose, is the point of going to Sicily. I remember every meal I had there in almost freakish detail—a chive tied around a hard-boiled egg, the tiny, edible spines of fried sardines. At one point, my Uncle Turi said to me between bites of a pizza topped with artichoke hearts and prosciutto, "You realize, of course, that the best food in the world is in Italy and the best food in Italy is in Sicily."
You know what? He was completely right. Of all the amazing meals I ate in every corner of Italy—and there were dozens of them, trust me—none were quite like the food in Sicily. None were so packed with flavor or so effortlessly and elegantly prepared, and this was both in restaurants and at home. They sent me back to Paris a solid five pounds heavier and I hardly cared. I refused nothing.
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Among all of Dubrovnik's white marble spires, there is the bell tower. You can only see into it from atop the city walls, floating above the streets, at eye level with the red-tile roofs for which the city is famous.
On the rainiest of rainy days, the water cascades along Dubrovnik's marble streets in rivers. It rolls down its steps and through its alleys in gushes, as though the hard white city can't bear to absorb a single drop.
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It's late summer in 1989 and something strange is happening all across the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Gorbatchow's policy of glasnost had taken hold across the Soviet Union and the people of East Germany were growing tired of the restriction and oppression. This growing sentiment over the course of the autumn of 1989 culminated in the "Peaceful Revolution", a wave of non-violent protests that swept across all of East Germany's major cities. The Berlin Wall fell on 9th November and, eleven months later, Germany was a unified nation again. The fusion of two societies that had been polar opposites for more than four decades was a mammoth task in every respect, the effects of which are still being felt today over 20 years down the line. The unification of both country's national sport, football, was no different.
Football in West Germany developed much the same way as football around the rest of western Europe. In East Germany, however, the situation was much different. Football clubs were backed either by state ministries or by massive state-owned combines and the sport was used by the ruling party, the SED, to prove the prowess and fortitude of the East German nation. From the early 1960s onwards, highly skilled footballers were concentrated around a handful of "centres of excellence", which included all the clubs familiar to most English football fans from those early, patchy TV broadcasts of European Cup ties. All footballers were technically employees of the respective club backers: Dynamo Dresden players were policemen, those at army-backed FC Vorwärts Frankfurt technically soldiers. As a result, they were amateur sportsmen like any other and, according to the socialist principles of equality, were seen and treated merely as any other factory worker or civil servant.
However, in reality footballers were often paid underhand bonuses in almost total secrecy. They were given cars or houses as rewards for success or to encourage players to complete a transfer. When Lutz Lindemann moved from Rot-Weiß Erfurt to Carl Zeiss Jena in 1977, he received a Trabant full of fruit as a "sweetener" and was promised a large house up in the hills surrounding the city. Right through the 1980s, transfers only really ever took place if the Deutscher Fußball-Verband (DFV – East German FA) ordered players to move to certain clubs or if money changed hands illegally. It was a world away from the million-pound transfers of English football in the 1980s.
By early November 1989, the Oberliga had reached match day 10. On Wednesday 8th November, FC Magdeburg travelled to bitter rivals Dynamo Dresden looking to preserve their slim one-point lead at the top of the table. Dynamo sent Magdeburg packing with a 3:1 victory with a brace from Torsten Gütschow and 30-yarder from Matthias Sammer, preserving the side's unbeaten start to the season. However, the minds of players, coaches and fans alike had long since been elsewhere
Peaceful protests had gathered momentum across the country and half a million people had taken to the streets in Leipzig two days earlier. East Germany was becoming increasingly porous, with citizens fleeing to the West through Czechoslovakia and Hungary. On the evening of the Thursday 9th November, Günter Scharbowski, a member of the Politbüro of ruling party SED gave a now infamous press conference in which he declared that East Germany borders were effectively open. The new regulations were supposed to apply from the next morning, but Scharbowski committed what proved to be a fatal error for his nation by announcing that the borders were open "immediately". That night the Berlin Wall fell and jubilant East and West Germans were reunited up and down the country.
The DFV had long since recognised that the West German Bundesliga could perhaps be a desirable destination for many of the East German footballers under its management, especially after several national team players had fled after away matches in Western countries or after travelling abroad with their clubs for European Cup matches. In late October 1989, it approached all Oberliga footballers and requested that they sign central contracts in line with FIFA statutes. These contracts effectively meant that no East German player could be transferred to another country without DFV consent. It proved to be a sage move, as developments in the GDR hadn't gone unnoticed in the boardrooms of the Bundesliga giants, either. With protests gathering momentum and revolution in the air, managers and directors of football at teams such as Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen had recognised the chance to hand-pick the best talent East Germany had to offer.
On 15th November, just under a week after the East had effectively crumbled, the East German national team travelled to Austria for a key World Cup qualifier. The talented squad contained a number of the under-20 side that had finished third at the World Youth Championships in Chile two year previously, including Matthias Sammer and FC Karl-Marx-Stadt midfielder Rico Steinmann. Placed in a group with the USSR, Austria, Iceland and an emerging Turkish side, East Germany appeared to have been heading for an early exit from the qualifying tournament after back-to-back defeats against Turkey and only a draw at home to the Austrians. However, an impressive victory over the USSR at the start of October with two goals in the last ten minutes from Andreas Thom and Matthias Sammer meant that, provided Turkey lost to the USSR in Simferopol on the final match day, all East Germany needed was a draw in Vienna to qualify for Italia '90.
Almost as soon as the East German players arrived at the team hotel in Vienna, they were swamped by agents, scouts and managers from Bundesliga sides. Rainer Calmund, then manager of Bayer Leverkusen, sent an army of scouts together with youth team manager Wolfgang Karnath, whom Calmund valued for his persistence. Karnath's missions was clear: Get the exact addresses and contact details of Thom, Kirsten, Sammer and co
Despite the backing of over 5,000 travelling fans enjoying their first ever away match in "the West" with the national team, East Germany succumbed to a Toni Polster hat-trick and lost 3:0. Steinmann missed a penalty. As he was subbed off late on in the match, Matthias Sammer suddenly found himself sat on the bench next to a man he didn't recognise. It was Karnath. He had snuck into the ground by waving some kind of official-looking ID, pulled on a high-vis vest and posed as a photographer. "Rainer Calmund says his best wishes," he said to Sammer. "We want to bring you to Leverkusen. How about we meet later on at the hotel?" Andreas Thom was approach as he trudged off the pitch at the final whistle – a meeting was arranged for later that evening.
After a little gentle persuasion and gifts to sweeten the deal, Thom agreed to join Bayer Leverkusen a few weeks later. All that was left for Calmund was to agree on the transfer amount with the DFV and obtain the approval of the Deutsche Turn- und Sportverband (DTSB). Thom played his last match for BFC Dynamo on 1st December, before becoming the first East German to be officially transferred to West Germany in January 1990, moving to Leverkusen for 2.8 million marks. He scored 15 minutes into his Bundesliga debut for Bayer Leverkusen on 17th February against FC Homburg and would go on to score a further 41 times in the Bundesliga for Leverkusen and then Hertha BSC either side of a spell at Celtic. Sammer would move to Stuttgart and Kirsten would end up with Thom at Leverkusen after reneging on a deal with Dortmund.
The fall of the Berlin Wall of course also had a profound effect on the fans of East German clubs. FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitzer FC) were playing in their first season of European competition for over 20 years after finishing third in the 1988/89 season. Against the odds, they beat both Boavista and FC Sion to reach the third round. They were drawn against the mighty Juventus and, with the first leg in Turin taking place on 22nd November, fans of the Westsachsen would be able to actually follow their team to a European away match officially for the first time instead of having to make do with television coverage. A total of 430 FCK fans paid 800 Ostmarks (a month's salary at the time) each for a berth in the football special rail service through Bavaria and over the Alps. FC Karl-Marx-Stadt almost pulled off a mighty shock after taking a 70th minute lead in the Stadio delle Alpi, but ended up losing the leg 2:1 and the tie 3:1 after a 1:0 home defeat in front of a packed Stadion an der Gellertstraße.
By early 1990, capitalism had well and truly arrived in the Oberliga. East German teams bore sponsors on their shirts for the first time, players were given West German marks in addition to their regular Ostmark salaries. However, as was the case in many other aspects in the dissolution of East German infrastructure, not all investors from the West proved to have the cash they promised.
On 13th May, the East German national team played what proved to be their penultimate match. The venue was the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro against admittedly not the best Brazil side to ever grace the hallowed turf. Ricardo Teixeira, the head of the Brazilian FA, wanted to organize a friendly against a side that would really test the Brazilians in the run-up to World Cup 1990. As they would not be represented at Italia '90, East Germany were the perfect choice. With flights and accommodation paid by the Brazilians, the group of players from a country that would cease to exist in less than five months' time found themselves pulling on the national shirt for the penultimate time in front of 80,000 Brazilian fans. Despite trailing 3:1 after 59 minutes, goals from Rainer Ernst and a last-minute equaliser from Rico Steinmann secured the East Germans a respectable draw. Hans-Georg Moldenhauser, the man who would later mastermind the incorporation of the DFV into the DFB, said later that everyone thought manager Eduard Geyer was responsible for bringing the side up to such a standard, but the truth was that each and every player was doing his all to impress Bundesliga scouts and earn a lucrative contract.
The Oberliga season finished and, for the second season in succession, Dynamo Dresden took the title. Rekordmeister BFC Dynamo had lost the backing of the defunct Ministry for State Security and had renamed itself FC Berlin with the aim of shedding its controversial past. Dynamo Dresden also wrapped up the club's third double by beating Eintracht Schwerin in the cup final. However, over the summer, Dresden lost the spine of their team with the departures of Ulf Kirsten, Matthias Sammer and Hans-Uwe Pilz. It would be the same story all over the Republik, with the best players seeking their fortunes in the more lucrative Bundesliga. Any clubs that were able to retain their best players were forced to offer large contracts far beyond their means, further exacerbating the financial difficulties that were to come.
The summer of 1990 also marked the first time an East German manager took over a West German club. Joachim Streich was perhaps one of East Germany's most talented players. The former Hansa Rostock and 1. FC Magdeburg striker was the record Oberliga goal scorer (229 goals), most-capped East German national team player (102 appearances) and record national team goal scorer (55 goals). On 1 July 1990, he took the helm at upper-mid-table second-division side Eintracht Braunschweig but soon found himself under pressure. The East German training routines aimed at generating ultimate physical fitness didn't go down well with the Braunschweig squad and Streich experienced petulance and a lack of respect that had been completely alien to him as a manager in the East. Eight months later he was sacked and Eintracht finished a lowly 13th.
The last ever Oberliga season began in August 1990. The stakes were high – two spots in the unified Bundesliga and five in the 2. Bundesliga for the 1991/92 season. The season's card count of 544 yellows and 29 reds (compared with 512 yellows and 7 reds in 1987/88) shows how hard-fought the season was. This was East German football's swansong, and it would go out kicking and screaming. The reunification of Germany saw interest in the Oberliga tumble, leaving the door open for hooliganism, now unleashed from tight state control, to take hold. The wave of violence reached a tragic climax in November 1990 with the death of eighteen-year-old FC Berlin fan Mike Polley. The hopelessly overwhelmed police force had attempted to contain a group of FC Berlin supporters after their side's away match at FC Sachsen Leipzig and Polley was shot by a police officer. The death triggered further rioting across the country for the rest of the season, something that further damaged the popularity of the league.
On 4th May 1991, Hansa Rostock beat second-place Dynamo Dresden at the Ostseestadion to secure their first ever East German title and a passage into the Bundesliga for the 1991/92 season, where Dynamo would join them. Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Hallescher FC, Chemnitzer FC and Carl Zeiss Jena were promoted directly into the 2. Bundesliga, as were Stahl Brandenburg and Lokomotive Leipzig after a playoff. However, once in the unified leagues, East German sides found it difficult to attract the necessary quality to replace the top-class players that had left to join established Bundesliga giants. Ageing talents came in on big contracts and, plagued by mismanagement and short-termism almost across the board, many of the former East German clubs began on a relatively short road to ruin.
Dynamo Dresden battled against relegation for four seasons before being refused a licence and forced to start again in the third tier. Hansa Rostock, the final East German champions, fared a little better and were a permanent fixture of the Bundesliga between 1995 and 2005. Since then, however, they too have been plagued by financial difficulties. Minor success was also achieved at Energie Cottbus, but so far none of the former Oberliga sides have managed to establish themselves as true forces in German football.
The uncompromising and unstoppable wave of capitalism that engulfed East Germany after reunification undoubtedly harmed the former country's football teams, but with infrastructure gradually being improved around the region, the foundations are gradually being laid for sustainable growth. New stadiums have been built in Berlin-Köpenick, Halle, Dresden, Magdeburg and Rostock and more are planned in Jena, Erfurt, Zwickau and Chemnitz. With financial mismanagement (hopefully) a thing of the past, the time may finally come for these well-supported, traditional sides to return to former glories.
11 Freunde – "Wie die Ost-Stars die Wende erlebten". This is an excellent timeline of the reunification, from which a lot of information in this piece was taken.
MDR – "Schwarze Kassen im DDR-Fußball"
Die Welt – "20 Jahre Mauerfall: Wie Calmund DDR-Star Thom zu Bayer lockte"
Tagesspiegel – "Fußball in Ostdeutschland: Brasilien ruft nicht mehr an"
Die Geschichte der DDR-Oberliga, Michael Horn & Andreas Baingo.
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Video: Disabled people find friends through Meetup group
Posted by mleyba on 12/19/2011 3:50pm PDT tags: Video
There are Meetup groups for mountain climbers, ones for animal lovers, ones for wine drinkers. These groups exist for nearly everything one can imagine. But Jane Brown was looking for something special in a Meetup group–so she started her own. She called it Disabled People Want to Meetup Too–and what started as two people, sharing their lives over coffee, turned into 173 friends.
"My goal was to meet one person," Brown said. "One that I could have coffee with and talk to–who understood what I was going through."
The group meets every Thursday in Littleton. They talk about their daily lives–members of the group said it isn't a therapy session, but it is therapeutic.
"It's amazing what kind of conversations we can get into," said Jake Jacobs, the group's comic relief. "We give each other a lot of crap, but it's still a good time."
Brown recently won an award for her work with disabled people–no one in the Meetup group was surprised.
"My life is different now," said Elizabeth Komos, who describes her bone condition as a "mechanical nightmare." "For the first time in my life I finally have people that get it."
Learn more about Jane Brown's Disabled People Want to Meetup Too group.
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We all mess up sometimes. It isn't fun, and the faster we can clean things up, the healthier and more loving the relationship can be.
Rather than sinking into blame, denial, hurt feelings, and resentment, follow the steps in these videos by Cathy Vartuli and Reid Mihalko to build new, more resilient communication and connection. (And we do hope you don't ever leave your child at the mall, like we did in this hypothetical example!)
Please note that The Intimacy Dojo referred to in the videos is a new site being spear-headed by Cathy. As always, we'll have lots of tapping and solutions here on Thriving Now from Rick and Cathy. The Intimacy Dojo is a place where we can bring in information from both tappers and non-tappers and share on specific topics around love, intimacy, and relationships.
What To Do If You Mess Up In A Relationship?
What Do You Do If Your Partner Screws Up In a Relationship?
Ready to tap on this?
Learn about EFT Energy Tapping here.
Karate Chop: Even though it feels awful, I know that people do screw up. Maybe this isn't as terrible or life shattering as I thought.
Even though I want to pretend it didn't happen, ignore how we both feel, it might be healthier and happier in the long run to face this mess and clean it up.
Even though this feels so awkward, it's just new. I'm creating new ways of relating and opening our relationship up to deep, warm, intimacy.
Top of the Head: What if it ruins everything?
Eyebrow: I'm scared.
Side of the Eye: I want to pretend.
Under the Eye: I want to ignore the problem.
Under the Nose: I'm so good at stuffing my emotions…
Chin: And hoping it will go away.
Collarbone: But in the long run, that's pretty stressful.
Under the Arm: It doesn't help our connection.
Top of the Head: I long for a sense of safety.
Eyebrow: Maybe I can only get it by going deeper.
Side of the Eye: I've been so careful all my life.
Under the Eye: Thinking that would make me feel safe.
Under the Nose: But everyone screws up sometimes…
Chin: No matter how careful they are.
Collarbone: Maybe I can feel secure that we can handle the problems…
Under the Arm: By facing them honestly, together.
Top of the Head: Hiding and denying feel awful.
Eyebrow: Open communication can feel vulnerable and frightening,
Side of the Eye: Yet it's much healthier and more loving.
Under the Eye: I've been searching for intimacy.
Under the Nose: I've been longing for more connection.
Chin: Maybe this is an opportunity,
Collarbone: Not a calamity!
Under the Arm: I'm ready to be who I really am.
Top of the Head: And Create Powerful Connection.
Take a deep breath.
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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's remarks Monday criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas were "deeply troubling," according to UN spokesman Richard Miron.
Miron, spokesman for UN Special Envoy for the Peace Process Robert Serry, told the PA-based Ma'an news agency that Lieberman's statement "appears to be an attempt to delegitimize President Abbas."
Lieberman labeled Abbas "the biggest obstacle to an agreement between the Palestinian Authority and us." He said that Abbas fears a fate similar to that of fallen dictators Mubarak and Qaddafi, and that if he does meet such a fate, this would be "a blessing" because "anyone who follows him would be better."


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