Article: Gift certificates for downtown Naperville a hit.(Business)(Chamber view)

Byline: Julie Lichter

The fastest-selling item in downtown Naperville is not the Matrix game at EB Games, the Harry Potter book at Anderson's Bookshop or Barnes & Noble, or the Tommy Bahama shirts in Dean's.

It's the downtown Naperville gift certificate - the best kept secret.

The Downtown Naperville Alliance gift certificate program is the largest, most effective traffic driving tool the downtown has ever had.

More than $230,000 worth of gift certificates were sold in the past 16 months.

In just the last two months, about $80,000 worth were sold. They will help to drive traffic directly back to downtown Naperville.

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