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Unified Multi-Country Loyalty Platform for Retail Chain
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Unified Multi-Country Loyalty Platform for Retail Chain

globaldev.tech
Retail

Challenges in Managing Distributed Loyalty Programs in a Multi-Market Retail Environment

The client operates multiple regional apps for their loyalty programs, each with unique offers and content, which complicates management and scalability as the number of markets grows. This fragmentation leads to increased maintenance efforts, higher costs, and inconsistent customer experience across regions.

About the Client

A large retail restaurant chain looking to streamline its customer loyalty systems across multiple markets via a centralized mobile application.

Goals for Developing a Centralized and Flexible Loyalty Mobile Application

  • Create a single, unified mobile app platform supporting multiple countries and languages without requiring app store updates for localization changes.
  • Enable dynamic and real-time localization updates including offers, images, and content via an administrative CMS.
  • Implement scalable architecture that facilitates easy addition of new markets without codebase modifications or app store submissions.
  • Reduce operating costs associated with maintaining multiple regional apps.
  • Enhance user experience with native look and feel tailored to each platform, ensuring high engagement.

Core Functionalities for the Unified Loyalty App

  • Support for dynamic localization allowing real-time content updates for multiple countries, languages, and regional offers without necessitating app updates.
  • Implementation of a service-oriented architecture for iOS that prevents code overload in view controllers and reuses common modules.
  • Adoption of clean architecture principles for Android to enable modular feature development, facilitate quick addition of new features, and minimize app size.
  • Offline mode enabling app content to be loaded once and stored locally, reducing network dependency and improving performance.
  • Use of native HTTP clients with Codable decoding/encoding for efficient and dependency-free server communication.
  • Utilization of Realm (iOS) and Room (Android) for caching and image optimization, including resizing and caching strategies.

Preferred Technologies and Architectural Approaches

Kotlin for Android development with clean architecture principles
Swift for iOS development with service-oriented architecture
Native HTTP client with Codable for server communication
Realm for iOS and Room for Android for offline data storage and caching
CMS for managing dynamic content and localization updates

Essential System Integrations and External Services

  • Backend content management system (CMS) for dynamic localization and content updates
  • Mobile device and user analytics tools for tracking user engagement and app performance
  • Push notification services for targeted marketing campaigns
  • APIs for retrieving localized offers, images, and promotional content

Key Non-Functional Requirements for Performance and Security

  • Support for adding support for new countries without updating the app in app stores
  • High performance with minimal latency in data retrieval and display
  • Data security compliant with regional privacy regulations
  • Scalability to support expanding user base and additional markets
  • Offline operation to ensure consistent experience regardless of network connectivity

Anticipated Business Benefits and Performance Improvements

The new centralized loyalty platform aims to significantly reduce app maintenance costs by eliminating the need for multiple regional apps, while enabling instant localization updates. This approach is expected to facilitate rapid onboarding of new markets, improve customer engagement through tailored content, and demonstrate measurable operational efficiencies. Additionally, the offline mode and native experience are projected to enhance user satisfaction and retention.

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