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		<title><![CDATA[Holiday Shopping 2009: 5 Things You Need to Know This Year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a grim holiday season in 2008, retailers have regrouped and changed  their tactics. Inventories are tighter, and stores are trying to maintain profits by limiting their discounting strategies. But understanding what retailers are up to will give you a decided advantage this year. Here are five big trends...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackhawk Part Two: Gift Cards Replace Banks as Consumers Get Creative]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past year, especially with the recession, we have seen a lot of consumers use gift cards for personal budgeting. by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:16:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Early Holiday Shoppers on Bargain Hunt, Abetted by Walmart]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers seem to have adopted a set of expectations based on last yearâ€™s holiday season that retailers really hoped they wouldnâ€™t.    According to the Accenture Holiday Shopping Survey, consumers are entering holiday season 2009 looking for the deep discounts that they experienced as retailers tried to shed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:15:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supervalu's SHOP 'n SAVE Ignites Gift Card Sales with Fuel Incentives]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supermarkets want a bigger piece of the Christmas sales pie and the Supervalu-affiliated SHOP â€˜n SAVE chain is among those going after their holiday hunk through gift cards.    Of course, supermarkets have been carrying the gift cards issued by other retailers for some time now. In fact,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:24:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumer Give More Gift Cards but with Fewer Bucks Aboard]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More consumers are purchasing gift cards but theyâ€™re spending less on them.    A study by the Hartman Group and National Research Network indicated that between September 2007 and August 2008, 52 percent of consumer purchased at least one gift card while in the period from March 2008...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 06:22:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tom Thumb Battles Recession with Loyalty Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers donâ€™t always get the most out of technology, preferring to stick with old methods and not taking full advantage of whatâ€™s possible, but a crisis like the recession can get the once reluctant thinking about how to get more out of what tools they have, and that can be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:37:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gift Cards Sales Won't Save Sputtering Holidays]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers can't count on gift card revenues to salvage a holiday selling season that is looking increasingly abysmal.    According to a report from MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, overall retailer sales â€" including those from credit cards, gift cards, checks and cash -- were down between two and four...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:05:07 -0800</pubDate>
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