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		<title><![CDATA[Gift Cards Fill Holiday Wish Lists, Accenture Survey Finds]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gift Cards Rival Apparel as Gift of Choice This Holiday Season, Says 2006 American Express Gift Card Survey]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of Holiday Shoppers Will Purchase a Gift Card; One in Four Currently Have a Gift Card in their Wallet or at Home]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gift Cards Dominate Holiday Season, Accenture Survey Finds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Gift cards dominated the 2005 holiday season as the gift of choice for consumers, who redeemed them quickly on goods that were worth more than the value of the cards, according to the results of a recent Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey of more than 500 U.S. consumers.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Data Prepaid Services' Survey Profiles Canadian Gift Card Market; Study Affirms North American Appeal and Strength of Holiday Season.(Industry Overview)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER, Dec 13, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Just like their  neighbors to the south, Canadian consumers have opened their eyes and  their wallets to electronic gift cards, according to a survey  commissioned by First Data Prepaid Services' ValueLin  DENVER, Dec 13, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['All I Want for Christmas is a Gift Card,' Say Consumers in Accenture Survey; Almost Half of Recipients Use Cards within a Month and Spend More Than Card's Value]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Shoppers short on ideas for holiday presents are choosing gift cards to solve their shopping dilemmas, according to results of a recent Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey of more than 500 U.S. consumers.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumers: ``Gift Cards Burning Holes in Our Pockets''; Paymentech Survey Reveals Consumers Rushing to Redeem Gift Cards, Major E-Tailers Most Popular Shopping Sites in 2004]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Forty-one percent of the consumers who received a gift card this holiday season plan to redeem them within two to four weeks - and 16 percent had already redeemed them a mere three days after Christmas, according to the 2004 Paymentech Holiday Spending Survey.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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