{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/1ce6e12f-4352-49d1-ab21-25c725c64041/85ff51ca-6110-401f-ac25-6d652651c0a0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The math wizard who became a customer loyalty scheme guru","description":"<p>Economist Gary&nbsp;Loveman&nbsp;was teaching at Harvard Business School when he went to consult for the Harrah's casino chain in&nbsp;Las&nbsp;Vegas in the late 1990s. Despite knowing nothing about gambling, his insights on customer loyalty&nbsp;earned&nbsp;him a promotion to the chief executive job at the casino group. He took a company that traded at $14 a share and a decade later sold it to private equity for $90 a share. Gary&nbsp;Loveman&nbsp;talks to the FT's Sujeet Indap about how data science is helping executives draw in customers across industries. Music by Podington Bear.</p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}