These are some of the quirkier "rewards" devised by Belly, a start-up that creates customer-loyalty programs to encourage repeat patronage at small and medium-size businesses.
In the protest marches that have become a regular feature of Argentine life in the last two months, the slogan repeated over and over again is, "Throw them all out!" While patronage jobs are merely "a venial sin of politics," Mr. Fraga said, "for ordinary people they are a mortal sin, the most grave form of corruption.
The teashop project is not one that could be repeated today, partly because cultural mores have shifted – the link between patronage and profit is no longer such an innocent one – and partly, as Gentleman points out, because "today's equivalent artists would simply be too expensive".
This repeated thwarting of her professional ambitions is what, in 2004, induced her to become the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the New York State Board of Elections that not only attacked this state's unique method — via conventions attended by party-approved delegates — for selecting its judicial nominees but condemned it as smacking of patronage politics.
While his life would be marked by repeated illness and wildly shifting fortunes – only partially moderated by his father's long-lasting influence in court (Shunzei would live to the advanced age of 90), the young and poetically inclined Retired Emperor Go-Toba's patronage would prove to lead to some of Teika's greatest successes.
The row caught fire again when the secretary-general of the Congress of South African Trade Unions expressed his undying support for Mr Zuma by repeating Mr Malema's words.In this section A future of division, factionalism, stagnation and patronage Another president booted out The blame game Gang warfare, in the courts Who would be best for the Arabs?
Patronage intention is related to other behavioural indicators such as repeat purchases, repeat website visits, and endorsement of the website to fellow shoppers [39].
Patronage pads the payroll.
Satisfaction influenced patronage intentions.
