If loyalty is essentially a currency to the brand, then maybe it’s time to rethink if money is absolutely the only currency for consumers to purchase products.
There is a restaurant which you could eat at even if you don't money. You could pay by helping out in the restaurant - cleaning, washing, serving - where the currency that matters is your time.
Our ancestors might have gotten it right long time ago, bartering could be a viable option before money was centralized by federal governments. And if the accumulation of money and domination of wealth by 1% of the world population is creating a lopsided economy and tonnes of other social problems, then wouldn't it make sense for the other 99% to start consider creating their own micro-economy, especially in countries which are hard hit by poverty? So what is so bad about exchanging some cabbage for a free ride to work? Or like Nike - some sweat for new kicks? Or cleaning for rice?
I call this innovative economy - where brands are as big as some governments, this idea is really not so far-fetched after all.
There is a restaurant which you could eat at even if you don't money. You could pay by helping out in the restaurant - cleaning, washing, serving - where the currency that matters is your time.
Our ancestors might have gotten it right long time ago, bartering could be a viable option before money was centralized by federal governments. And if the accumulation of money and domination of wealth by 1% of the world population is creating a lopsided economy and tonnes of other social problems, then wouldn't it make sense for the other 99% to start consider creating their own micro-economy, especially in countries which are hard hit by poverty? So what is so bad about exchanging some cabbage for a free ride to work? Or like Nike - some sweat for new kicks? Or cleaning for rice?
I call this innovative economy - where brands are as big as some governments, this idea is really not so far-fetched after all.
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