T-Point Japan and Alto partner for point exchange

2018.07.02 Press Releases
T-Point Japan Co., Ltd. / Alto Co., Ltd.

- Earn T-points by expressing gratitude at work! -

T Point Japan Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and COO: Kitamura Kazuhiko; hereinafter referred to as "T Point Japan") and Alto Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Uemura Tomoyuki; hereinafter referred to as "Alto") have partnered up for points exchange, and will launch a service on July 2, 2018, that will allow users to exchange "thanks! Points" earned through the gratitude communication service "thanks!" for "T Points."

"Thanks!", a smartphone app provided by Alto, is a gratitude communication service that stimulates teamwork. Currently, the service is being used by store managers, part-timers and casual staff from store management companies, and is helping to reduce employee turnover, improve workplace relationships and boost the performance of sales promotion campaigns. It is characterized by being dedicated to work and specializing in positive communication, and is a tool that helps all workers maintain high motivation and creates and fosters team engagement and attachment to the workplace.In addition, we offer ``partner parallel support'' to ensure that customers can continue to use it in their workplaces.

"Thanks!" offers a service where if you send a "thanks!" to someone you work with as a coworker, both the sender and the recipient can accumulate "thanks! points."Through this initiative, accumulated "thanks! Points" can be exchanged for T Points, which can be used at T Point partner stores such as TSUTAYA, FamilyMart, Circle K Sunkus, Gusto, Yoshinoya, and Yahoo! Shopping, with 1 point = 1 yen.

T Point Japan and Alto will position "thanks!" as one of the services that will solve the human resources issues in store operations, and will propose its introduction as a value-added service to T Point partner companies in the future. Using this initiative as an opportunity, the two companies aim to provide value to work style reform.

[Thanks! T Point Exchange Service Overview]
■Service start date: Monday, July 2, 2018
■Applicable service: "Thanks!", a gratitude communication app that stimulates teamwork
■Thanks! Points: These are points that can be earned by sending thanks! to each other within "thanks!".
■T Point exchange rate: 500 thanks! points → 500 T Points

*500 points or more in 500 point increments

["thanks!" service overview]
What is thanks!? A team engagement management service that stimulates teamwork through the power of gratitude and mutual praise.
■Users: The system has been introduced mainly by store managers, part-time and casual employees, and head office employees of restaurant, retail, and facility management companies.
■Effects of implementation:
(1) Increased retention rate (reduced turnover rate)
(2) Teamwork Improvement (improving workplace relationships)
(3) Increased performance (improved sales promotion campaign figures, etc.)
■Features:
(1) Work-only, specializing in positive communication
(2) Providing a set of "Partner Parallel Support" services for continuous utilization of utilization status data analysis and improvement efforts
(3) App customization features to increase engagement
(4) Points function to visualize communication volume (exchange function for T-points already implemented)

[Alto Co., Ltd.]
■Representative: Representative Director Tomoyuki Uemura
■Location: 9F, KDX Nihonbashi 313 Building, 3-13-5 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
■Establishment date: July 2, 2014
■ Business details: Development of "thanks!", a gratitude communication app that stimulates teamwork

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T-Point Japan and Alto partner for point exchange

Inquiries regarding this matter
T Point Japan Co., Ltd.
Public Relations Officer: Ando
TEL: 03-6800-4464