Explain to customers the features and benefits of a retail organisation's loyalty scheme and how the scheme works

URN: PPL.C221
Business Sectors (Suites): Retail
Developed by: People 1st
Approved on: 2025

Overview

This standard is about identifying customers who are not yet members of a retail organisation's loyalty scheme and explaining to them how the scheme works, the features of it and how they would benefit from being members of the scheme.

For the purposes of this standard a loyalty scheme means a scheme offered by a retail organisation to its customers, subject to terms and conditions under which eligible transactions are recorded as accumulated points or attract preferential terms e.g. lower price. Points can be exchanged by customers in the future for rewards such as vouchers, discounts or air miles. The standard is not about promoting or helping customers apply for any kind of payment card.

This standard is for staff who explain the organisation’s loyalty scheme to customers.

When you have completed this standard you will be able to demonstrate your understanding of and ability to:

  • Explain to customers the features and benefits of a retail organisation's loyalty scheme and how the scheme works

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. take suitable opportunities to ask customers if they are members of your workplace's loyalty scheme and whether they are interested in joining following your workplace procedures
  2. follow your workplace procedures to explain clearly and accurately to customers how joining the scheme would benefit them, including any current special offers relating to the scheme
  3. follow your workplace procedures to explain clearly to customers the features and benefits of the loyalty scheme and how it works
  4. follow your workplace procedures to respond positively to any questions or concerns that customers raise
  5. follow your workplace procedures to provide relevant information to customers to help them decide whether to join the scheme
  6. treat customers politely at all times following your workplace's customer service procedures

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. the features and benefits of your workplace’s loyalty scheme,
    how it works and any relevant legislation requirements
  2. the sources of information about the scheme that customers can be informed about
  3. why loyalty schemes are important in achieving your workplace's commercial aims
  4. the specific offers currently available to scheme members
  5. how to gain customers' attention and interest following your workplace procedures
  6. how to use suitable questions to gain information about customers and their interest in joining the scheme following your workplace requirements
  7. how to explain to customers about the features and benefits of the scheme
  8. how to deal with frequently raised questions and concerns in relation to the scheme

Scope/range


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary


Links To Other NOS

PPL.C222 Gain customer commitment to the retail organisation's loyalty scheme and assist them in completing the application


External Links


Version Number

5

Indicative Review Date

2030

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Skillsmart Retail

Original URN

SSR.C221

Relevant Occupations

Retail and Commercial Enterprise, Retailing and Wholesaling, Sales and Customer Services Occupations, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers

SOC Code

7111

Keywords

Retailing; retailers; explains; explaining; describes; describing; informs; informing; rewards; reward scheme; schemes