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- Gift Cards Sales Won't Save Sputtering Holidays
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-12-26
- Tom Thumb Battles Recession with Loyalty Program
- Retailers don’t always get the most out of technology, preferring to stick with old methods and not taking full advantage of what’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...
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- Supervalu's SHOP 'n SAVE Ignites Gift Card Sales with Fuel Incentives
- Supermarkets want a bigger piece of the Christmas sales pie and the Supervalu-affiliated SHOP ‘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,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Early Holiday Shoppers on Bargain Hunt, Abetted by Walmart
- Consumers seem to have adopted a set of expectations based on last year’s holiday season that retailers really hoped they wouldn’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...
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Not Enough Linens, Too Many Things
- Linens N Things' Chapter 11 filing should serve as an object lesson for recession-wary chain retailers. Like many big-box operators, LNT has stuffed its shelves with Chinese products. At the same time that traffic drops and spending slows, putting pressure on the top line, the price of Chinese goods is...
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Retail Roundup: Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Gifts Cards Fly Off Shelves, and More
- Circuit City files for bankruptcy protection -- After 59 years in business, retail giant Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection when the chain's suppliers cut off credit and demanded up-front cash for shipments. Sales at the chain's 1,500 locations have been declining for months, and the company owes...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
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- Stored Value Systems and Coinstar Align to Open New Gift Card Distribution Channels
- BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Stored Value Systems SVS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Comdata Corporation, announced today it has completed an agreement with Coinstar, Inc. to offer two new distribution channels to SVS' gift card customers. One, a first in the industry, is a Coin to CardTM program whereby consumers...
- Research articles 2005-06-09
- Retail Store Systems Implements New Electronic Gift Card Program for Bob's Stores Inc
- Business Editors & High-Tech Writers Retail Store Systems RSS helped Bob's Stores implement an electronic gift card payment system for its casual clothing retail stores throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and New Jersey. Before transitioning from the paper-based gift certificate system, RSS helped Bob's...
- Research articles 2002-07-10
- Chevron unveils Consumer Gift Card.(MARKETING STRATEGIES: INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
- San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron's Credit Card Enterprises has launched its Chevron and Texaco Consumer Gift Card program at retail locations across the United States. Designed to build customer loyalty and ... San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron's Credit Card Enterprises has launched its Chevron and...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Delta Air Lines launches SkyMiles gift card; Delta first in the industry to offer mileage gift card.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 February 2004-DELTA AIR LINES: Delta Air Lines launches SkyMiles gift card; Delta first in the industry to offer mileage gift cardC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02232004 ATLANTA: Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is now offering gift cards, in various denominations...
- Research articles 2004-02-24
- Chevron Unveils New Consumer and Enhanced Business Gift Card Programs to Retailers; Chevron and Texaco Retailers Will Supply Gift Cards to Consumers for First Time
- SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron's Credit Card Enterprises CCE today announced the launch of its Chevron and Texaco Consumer Gift Card program at retail locations across the United States. Designed to build customer loyalty and offer a convenient payment method, the electronic gift cards -- previously available to businesses only...
- Research articles 2005-07-25
- TSYS Europe Delivers Gift-Card Services in the United Kingdom; HMV Becomes First UK Entertainment Retailer to Offer Gift Cards
- COLUMBUS, Ga., & YORK, England -- TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today announced the successful launch of its retail gift-card technology for HMV, the largest retailer of music, DVD and games in the UK. Working together with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group RBSG, a major provider of financial services for retailers...
- Research articles 2005-03-08
- The top 5 best (and worst) game pre-order trends
- The preorder has long been a staple of the video game retail industry, and with good reason. You get a customer to purchase a game ahead of its release in return for a small trinket. The hope is, that buyer will keep coming back to the store, and in turn,...
- News items 2009-10-09
- Citibank Offers the American Express Gift Card
- NEW YORK -- American Express and Citibank, a member of Citi, today announced an agreement under which Citibank is selling the American Express[R] Gift Card in more than 980 Citibank retail Financial Centers nationwide. The agreement with Citibank is American Express' first with a national bank.
- Research articles 2007-03-14
- Comdata Corporation Expands Gift Card Operations
- BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- ComdataR Corporation, through its subsidiary Stored Value Systems, Inc., has acquired SASH Management, LLC d/b/a Gift Card Solutions GCS a Salt Lake City, UT based company. Comdata is further expanding its retail division, Stored Value Systems, by acquiring GCS. "We are excited to have GCS as...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
- National Retail Federation
- Gift cards aren't going away. Rite Aid stores were offering holiday-themed plush gift card holders/toys in October, and the National Retail Federation affirmed that this trend will continue. In an NRF study, 54.9 percent of consumers said they would like to receive a gift card this holiday season, up...
- Research articles 2008-11-17
- Looking to swipe profits - Ace Hardware co-op stores use gift cards - Brief Article
- As plastic gift cards sweep through the retail world, store managers are gladly embracing the more durable versions of paper gift certificates. The changeover is simple for most retailers, unless they happen to use nine different credit-card processors and a half-dozen point-of-sale computer systems. It took Ace Hardware almost two...
- Research articles 2001-09-17
- Stored Value Systems, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Announce Ideal Gift for Holiday Season
- BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Stored Value Systems, Inc. SVS, a subsidiary of Comdata Corporation, and Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a new electronic gift card program, kicking off just in time for the holiday season. E[acute accent]Hyatt Gift Cards can be purchased at any participating Hyatt Hotels & ResortR in the U.S....
- Research articles 2005-12-21
- Airlines unwrap gift cards Retail stores stock flights on JetBlue, other major carriers.(Business)
- Byline: Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer Want to give a gift card this holiday season - but not from your ordinary department store? How about the gift of visiting friends and family in another city? Several airlines have...
- Research articles 2006-11-03
- Staying on Top of Recession, Wal-Mart Adds Tesco-esque Financial Services
- In the midst of a recession it is handling pretty well, Wal-Mart is establishing a financial services program for its customers with a particular emphasis on lower income consumers who might not have a checking account. The move in financial services calls to mind Tesco in the...
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
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