Article: RetailMeNot.com Offers Gift Card Advice for Last Minute Holiday Shoppers.

Article: Gift Cards Change How Holiday Shoppers Shop, Shift ...
PR Newswire;  November 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... American Express(R) Gift Card survey released today ... surveyed (92%) agree that gift cards have altered how they shop Gift card purchasers say that they ... recipient asked for a gift card (8%). "Gift cards have become a thoughtful ...

Article: Moneris Solutions Rolls Out Small Business Gift ...
Business Wire;  May 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... The Small Business Gift Card Program provides ... New Merchandise: Gift cards act as a new product ... Captive Money: Gift Cards can only be used ... Flexibility: Moneris' Gift Card Program is designed ... wish to load on the gift card (from $1 to ... gift ...

Article: Issuers try a marketing play to promote gift card ...
Cards & Payments;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... introduce open-loop gift card programs. "We ... selling open-loop gift cards to consumers. Other ... personalize open-loop gift cards enhances their popularity ... customer can order a gift card, have a personal ... fee for corporate gift cards depends upon ...

Article: RETAIL GIANTS BEGIN SELLING BEST WESTERN GIFT ...
Cardline;  October 27, 2006 ;     625 words ... ... retail pharmacy stores, will sell Best Western's $50 travel gift cards. Kroger's Ralphs supermarkets, Food 4 Less warehouse stores ... will sell the cards by mid-November. Best Western says the gift card will be available in more than 4,500 locations. The travel ...

Article: Gift cards: what franchisors should know: franchise ...
Franchising World;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... getting into the gift card business as ... However, prepaid gift cards that are redeemable ... fact, many gift card issuers probably see unclaimed gift cards as a potential ... disclosed on the gift card. Unused or abandoned gift cards A related ...

Article: Gift Cards Rival Apparel as Gift of Choice This ...
Business Wire;  November 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... American Express Gift Card survey of 1013 shoppers. Gift cards are an increasingly ... American Express Gift Card survey shows ... acceptance of gift cards has had a major ... Five Gifts As gift cards rise in popularity ... American Express Gift Card ...

Article: National Survey: Shoppers Choosing Gift Cards ...
PR Newswire;  November 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... percent of all gift card transactions ... percent said gift cards were an impulse ... magnetic-striped gift card in the U.S., gift cards have become ... 29. * Heavy gift card users (those ... purchased 11 or more gift cards in the last ...