Geographic loyalty system and method

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system for facilitating earning loyalty points, cause said computer-based system to perform operations comprising:

• determining, by said computer-based system, an amount of geographic area loyalty points based on purchase data, wherein said purchase data includes a retailer item identifier and geographical area information;
• updating, by said computer-based system, a loyalty account with said geographic area loyalty points by adding the determined amount of geographic area loyalty points to a preexisting amount of geographic loyalty points in said loyalty account;
• developing, by said computer-based system, standardized information by associating a retailer item identifier, said geographical area information, and a manufacturer identifier;
• and
• performing, by said computer-based system, data analysis using said standardized information.

A system comprising:

• a tangible, non-transitory memory communicating with a processor for facilitating earning loyalty points,
• the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• determining, by said processor, an amount of geographic area loyalty points based on purchase data, wherein said purchase data includes a retailer item identifier and geographical area information;
• updating, by said processor, a loyalty account with said geographic area loyalty points by adding the determined amount of geographic area loyalty points to a preexisting amount of geographic loyalty points in said loyalty account;
• developing, by said processor, standardized information by associating a retailer item identifier, said geographical area information, and a manufacturer identifier;
• and
• performing, by said processor, data analysis using said standardized information.