Increased spending from Starbucks (SBUX 1.00%) loyalty cards helped the company report great sales growth so far this year. In fact, the company's success with prepaid cards has been phenomenal.
Consider these statistics:
- Starbucks customers add $3 billion annually to their cards, a pace that rivals many banks.
- One-third of all Starbucks transactions in the U.S. are made using prepaid cards.
- Starbucks expects its rewards membership base to double this year, to 9 million people.
In the following video, Fool contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos discusses how important loyalty cards have been to Starbucks, and how prepayments have been a good indicator of sales growth in future quarters.
