Coniq
Our point of view

Loyalty tools tell you what happened. We're building what happens next.

This is where we believe loyalty for physical retail destinations is going — and the direction we're building toward. We call it destination intelligence. It's a vision, anchored in what we ship today.

The shift

The destination got smart. The loyalty stack didn't.

Physical destinations now generate oceans of real-time signal — footfall, dwell, cross-tenant baskets, app opens. Meanwhile, AI assistants are starting to plan where people shop. The old stack wasn't built for either.

The new problem

Operators still run on last quarter's report. The loyalty app and the footfall dashboard don't talk. Tenants ask for ROI that's hard to prove. And the AI assistants now planning the trip can't even see the destination.

Why old approaches fail

Batch, segment-based, software-only loyalty tools have no concept of “is the shopper here right now,” no cross-tenant view, and no real-time decisioning. A 10-second delay might as well be 10 days.

Where we're going

Destination intelligence: a platform that turns every visit — increasingly in real time — into the next best action, measures the lift, and proves the impact to tenants. The destination gets smarter every day.

Why this is honest

We're not claiming this is finished. It's the direction — and we're already on it: a modern platform shipping now, AI in production, and the data advantages below that make it ours to build. See what's live →

Why it’s ours to build

Three things a software-only loyalty tool can't reach

The direction is defensible because it rests on advantages that come from serving destinations — not from writing more code. Two of these are already true today.

Presence intelligence

The visit itself — footfall, dwell, “the shopper is here now.” E-commerce loyalty has no concept of physical presence. building toward real-time

The cross-tenant basket

One operator sees spend across many retailers — a destination-level view no DTC brand or piped-in CDP ever gets. true today

The operator relationship

We sell to the destination, not one brand's marketing team — which unlocks insights and retail-media value pure SaaS can't. true today

Why now

The market is moving this way

We're not guessing. The economics of loyalty are shifting toward real-time, experiential, data-driven programs — exactly the direction destination intelligence points.

15–30%

incremental visit/spend lift from real-time decisioning — Starbucks Deep Brew, Tesco Clubcard

+60%

more spend from paid loyalty members vs. free programs — McKinsey

$1B+

annual P&L loyalty data has become — Target Roundel, Tesco Media & Insight

51.5%

of marketing budgets now go to loyalty (up from 22.8% in 2022)

~80%

of retail spend still happens in physical stores — where the destination is

“Not ready”

“Most loyalty programs aren’t ready for AI agents” — Eagle Eye, 2026. The gap is the opportunity.

The path

Where we are, and where we're heading

An honest ladder. We lead with what’s real and build toward the rest in the open.

Today live
  • Loyalty, offers & data across the whole destination, at scale
  • AI in production in our own operations
  • Governed offer management with audit trails
This quarter shipping
  • A modern, redesigned operator platform
  • AI-assisted content creation
  • Custom, AI-native loyalty apps for operators
The direction vision
  • Real-time, in-the-moment next-best-action
  • Destination intelligence & retail media
  • An agent-ready loyalty fabric

“Destination intelligence” is a directional positioning we're validating, not a shipping claim. We lead with what's live today and build toward the rest in the open.

Build the future of your destination with us

Start with what ships today — and shape where it goes. See a demo on data shaped like yours.