Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
Personal website: www.nichifor.net
Loyalty programs may limit competition, and they could be pushing prices up for everyone
Apr 09, 2024 12:44 pm UTC| Business
Loyalty programs enable firms to offer significantly lower prices to some of their customers. Youd think this would encourage strong competition. But that isnt always what actually happens. New research shows that...
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