NEPI Rockcastle launches SPOT, the loyalty mobile app with benefits in 15 shopping centers in Romania

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As part of the group’s digital innovation strategy, NEPI Rockcastle, CEE investor and developer of shopping centers, chose Romanian market for the development and implementation of its loyalty mobile application, SPOT (allows customers to use the benefits accumulated in any of the 15 NEPI shopping centers in Romania).

The new application, unique in the Romanian retail market but also in Europe, aims to offer customers access to benefits in the shopping centers in the group’s portfolio at local and European level. Romania is the first country in which the company launched the mobile application and in the near future SPOT will be implemented in the other 8 markets in which the company operates.

The SPOT loyalty program was developed based on the results of a complex market study conducted by the company among mall customers. According to them, the most important aspects are the access to personalized benefits according to their shopping needs and preferences, the differentiation of rewards based on status – depending on the number of points accumulated – and a rewarding experience directly in the application.

Thus, by accessing the SPOT application, each shopping session in a mall will bring users loyalty points, with which they will have access to exclusive offers and benefits in any of the 15 NEPI Rockcastle malls in the country, depending the status achieved in the loyalty program. Users will benefit from discounts, personalized experiences, rewards and gifts or shopping vouchers applicable to a selection of partner stores.

“SPOT application is part of the group’s strategy to increase investments in technology, further consolidating the retail market, where we have expertise and can bring innovations in the area of ​​shopping experiences. We have undertaken to accelerate the digitization process and omnichannel initiatives, which involves rethinking and repositioning the company in terms of experience offered to customers and tenants. Romania, as the first market for the implementation and launch of SPOT application was a natural choice, as here the pace of adoption of new technologies is faster than ever. We want to continue to be the main choice for modern consumers, through a series of strategically designed opportunities and benefits”, declared Alex Morar, CEO NEPI Rockcastle. 

How can customers enroll in the Spot loyalty app?

After downloading the application, users must create an account and log in. To earn loyalty points, they only need to scan the vouchers for each shopping session. As the points accumulate, the status of the application changes, customers can access 3 levels: Select Spot (obtained by default upon authentication), Premium Spot and Elite Spot. Once the user reaches a new status in the application, it is valid for 1 year and can be accessed in all 15 shopping centers in the portfolio of NEPI Rockcastle in Romania enrolled in the application.

Customers have the opportunity to use their loyalty points to activate a complex range of rewards and special prizes that can be accessed in the application. At the same time, they have the option to select in the application the main mall they visit frequently, but also they have the possibility to use the benefits accumulated in any other NEPI Rockcastle shopping center.

The application can be downloaded cost-free from Google Play și App Store.

NEPI Rockcastle is the leading investor and developer of commercial properties in Central and Eastern Europe. The group has a remarkable portfolio of properties with a key position in Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Serbia and Lithuania, and continues to develop through an expansion program in the region.

With 52 properties in nine markets and geographically diverse management skills, NEPI Rockcastle pursues CEE property opportunities efficiently, benefiting from a strategic advantage in the acquisition, development and management of properties.

In Romania, the company has 20 shopping centres and 7 strip malls, in the most important cities in the country, among which Bucharest (Mega Mall, Promenada Mall), Sibiu (Shopping City Sibiu, Promenada Sibiu), Timișoara (Shopping City Timișoara), Constanța (City Park Mall Constanta), Ploiești (Ploiești Shopping City).