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April 22, 2008 - GiftCards.com Partners with the Arbor Day Foundation™
GiftCards.com is pleased to announce a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. This year during Earth Week, April 22nd through April 25th, GiftCards.com will be donating one dollar to the Arbor Day Foundation for every consumer Visa gift card sold. read more
March 18, 2008 - Put Your Tax Refund to Good Use at GiftCards.com
March Madness starts this week and it really is a good description of how busy this time of year can get. Before sitting down to watch Duke, Memphis, or Pitt battle for the NCAA Basketball Championship, keep in mind that tax day is right around the corner. With April 15th looming, GiftCards.com wants to offer an idea for putting tax refunds to good use. read more
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December 2007 - GiftCards.com Expands
Pittsburgh's NBC affiliate, WPXI, interviews GiftCards.com's CEO, Jason Wolfe on December 7th, 2007. WPXI's Vince Sims learned the details of Wolfe's new building and plans for expansion making way for job opportunities along with furthering a successful Pittsburgh business. Watch the video here.
November 2007 - Selling Gift Cards in Cyberspace - By Prepaid Media Staff
Sales of both closed- and open-loop gift cards have ballooned over the last 10 years, reaching nearly $61 billion in 2006, according to Mercator Advisory Group estimates. Retailers, issuers and program managers are nevertheless continuing to look for ways to increase sales and attract new customers. For some, the online channel is a way to do that. In fact, by 2011, 30 percent of all gift card sales are expected to be online, according to a report released last fall by Forrester Research. While the research, culled from a consumer survey, did not differentiate between network branded and retail gift cards, it suggests a growing interest in buying online.
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