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January 31, 2013
Facebook friends retailers with new gift card program

Target has found a new friend in Facebook, as the retailer has become one of the first businesses to participate in the social network's new gift card program.

January 11, 2013
The sky didn’t fall at Best Buy

Strength in the computing, mobile phone and appliance categories enabled Best Buy to report flat same store sales during the holidays and temporarily silence the voice of those who had prematurely written the company’s obituary.

December 6, 2012
Big brands to benefit from digital gifting deal

CashStar, a leading digital gifting company, has partnered with celebrations site Punchbowl.com, which enables its consumers to embed eGift Cards in their digital greeting cards.

November 5, 2012
Target unveils holiday gift card assortment; includes digital option

Target Corp. unveiled its lineup of gift cards for the upcoming holiday season.

October 2, 2012
Stop & Shop offers no-fee Coinstar gift card loading

Coinstar, an operator of change collecting kiosks, announced that customers utilizing its service at all Stop & Shop stores, now have the option of placing the full value of their coins, without fees, onto a Stop & Shop gift card.

September 4, 2012
Whole Foods launches green gift card program

Whole Foods Market has launched two new eco-friendly gift cards, with plans to replace the recycled plastic cards that will be phased out over time.

April 6, 2012
Target donates $15K for Texas tornado aid

Target has committed $15,000 in cash and gift cards to assist the Texas communities impacted by recent tornados.

December 23, 2011
Target looks ahead to after Christmas

While many retailers are scrambling to attract last minute Christmas shoppers, some, including Target, are already looking ahead to Dec. 26.

December 20, 2011
Macy's offering recyclable gift cards

Macy's is partnering with Earthworks System LLC, a provider of 100% recycled PVC sheets for the plastic card industry and plastic card recycling programs, to provide its customers with a recyclable gift card program for the retailer’s customers.

November 21, 2011
NRF: Gift card spending to reach $27.8 billion this holiday season

Holiday shoppers are expected to spend $155.43 on average for gift cards this season, and total gift-card spending is projected to reach $27.8 billion, according to a survey released Friday by the National Retail Federation.

October 31, 2011
Gaming the gift card system

Any given week Target’s circular is filled with various offers of free gift cards designed to incent shoppers to purchase key items.

September 19, 2011
Random thought of the week

Keurig brewed up a powerful incentive at Target this week with an ad on the cover of weekly circular touting a $30 gift card to those who purchase the B60 Special Edition single-serve brewer from Keurig for $149.99.

December 23, 2010
Birth of a new Christmas tradition

Forget looking under the tree Christmas morning. Grab the smartphone and check the inbox for an e-gift card. Walmart this week promoted an offering of 19 customizable e-gift cards as a gift-giving solution that is sure to have appeal to those who wait until Santa is halfway down the chimney. The entire transaction is handled online, from the ordering of the card, to delivery in the recipient’s inbox through redemption, which is only valid for online purchases.

At first blush, an e-gift card may seem like the ultimate thoughtless and impersonal gift, but let’s not judge.

December 23, 2010
Gift cards for all this Christmas

The age old question of what to get the person who has everything has finally been answered, and a Walmart gift card appears to be the ultimate solution for the perplexed gift-giver. That’s according to the gift card exchange website www.giftcardrescue.com and survey involving 6,000 people who created gift card wish lists on its site since the beginning of the year.

After Walmart, the other most desired cards were . . .

December 20, 2010
Consumers vote Walmart gift cards “most wanted” for Christmas

Wal-Mart Stores said Monday that a recent poll of consumers voted Walmart the No. 1 preferred gift card that consumers most want for Christmas.

November 9, 2010
Sears Holdings launches e-gifting Facebook service

Sears Holdings announced the launch of e-gifting on its Sears and Kmart Facebook pages ......

October 28, 2010
Survey: Consumers spending more for holiday, but still cautious

NEW YORK - Deloitte reported that six out of 10 (62%) of its holiday survey respondents plan to spend more or the same on the holidays, a 11 percentage point rise from Deloitte's 2009 holiday survey and the highest level since 2006.

October 27, 2010
Survey: Consumers spending more for holiday, but still cautious

Deloitte reported that six out of 10 (62%) of its holiday survey respondents plan to...

August 31, 2010
Target to offer Facebook Credit gift cards

Target announced that Facebook Credits gift cards will launch at Target stores nationwide beginning Sept. 5 ......

May 18, 2010
NRF: Consumers to spend more on grad gifts

The National Retail Federation found that while fewer people would be buying graduation gifts this...

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