Tesco clubcard iphone app (for those of us that lose things)
The recent news that Tesco has launched an iPhone app for their Clubcard reward scheme has been met with some excitement. It is an app that allows existing Tesco Clubcard holders to link their iPhone app to their Clubcard account and it essentially turns the iPhone into a Clubcard, just without having to carry an extra card in your wallet. It makes it much less likely that you will be losing your Clubcard, though if you do it is much more of a disaster than it was before!
It works in any Tesco store that has the facility to scan the Clubcards. However, the app doesn’t work with the self checkout machines and a few of the older stores that have not had their technology upgraded recently.
It’s a great idea, as plenty of people lose their loyalty cards on a regular basis and are unlikely to ever get them renewed – this has happened to me with my Boots Advantage card, maybe they should look at releasing an app for theirs now?!
It opens the door for so many other companies to do similar apps, and companies like Voucher Cloud have already started. They have exclusive smartphone vouchers that you have to show at the place of purchase. This is being copied by a number of other voucher providers, and soon it could become the norm for all vouchers to be done in this way as more and more people get smartphones such as the iPhone….