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Stores and restaurants use paid memberships to make customers feel special

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( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “cost $99 annually.”

Paid loyalty programs are all the rage in the restaurant and retail worlds.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. There’s also a shopping app called Long Story Short that will cost members $1,000 monthly for anonymous access to hard-to-get luxury goods.

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VERBATIM: If you’re looking for reliable sales in an unpredictable spending environment, look for companies which have extended their points-based loyalty tiers. They’re making their most dependable customers feel valued for an up-front fee. So how much does it cost to feel special? Target is taking on the Amazon Prime juggernaut with a paid loyalty program that will cost $99 annually.

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